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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s Iowa leader?
(a) Penny Pritzker.
(b) David Axelrod.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Paul Tewes.

2. In what year does Obama note cloture came into practice?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1916.

3. How many of the Super Tuesday contests does Obama report winning?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. By what margin does the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act pass the House of Representatives?
(a) 218 to 217.
(b) 301 to 134.
(c) 435 to 0.
(d) 244 to 188.

5. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Council of Economic Advisers?
(a) Melody Barnes.
(b) Jared Bernstein.
(c) Christina Romer.
(d) Peter Orszag.

6. Approximately how long does Obama note the Oval Office is?
(a) 22’.
(b) 29’.
(c) 43’.
(d) 36’.

7. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) Robert Ludlum.
(b) Ian Fleming.
(c) John le Carré.
(d) JRR Tolkien.

8. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s national finance chair?
(a) David Axelrod.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Paul Tewes.
(d) Penny Pritzker.

9. By how many points does Obama win the North Carolina primary?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

10. The phrase “Renegade to Secondary Hold” (249) offer an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Hyperbole.

11. How many days does Obama report spending in Iowa in 2007?
(a) 123.
(b) 87.
(c) 365.
(d) 42.

12. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?
(a) 260,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 240,000.
(d) 270,000.

13. The acronym HAMP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Home Affordable Modification Program.
(b) High Amperage Multiphasic Power-supply.
(c) Hopeful Aspirations Matter Potentially.
(d) Hot Action Made Present.

14. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?
(a) 23 inches.
(b) 23 pounds.
(c) 23 tons.
(d) 23 feet.

15. In what year does Obama note the filibuster began?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1808.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?

2. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?

3. Which of the following words does Obama note is a gaffe in Ames?

4. In which of the following years does Obama note making his first attempt at winning political office?

5. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?

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