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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.
2. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?
(a) 10%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 9%.
(d) 7%.
3. In what year does Obama note Toot was born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1924.
4. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Chaulet.
(b) Camus.
(c) Fanon.
(d) Jeanson.
5. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) John le Carré.
(b) Robert Ludlum.
(c) JRR Tolkien.
(d) Ian Fleming.
Short Answer Questions
1. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?
2. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
3. The comment, “It was less a transformation than an amplification, her essential ‘Miche-ness’ burnished to a high shine” (221) offers an example of which of the following?
4. The comment that “The phrases ‘bitter’ and ‘cling to guns or religion’ were easily remembered, like a hook in a pop song” (145) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Office of Management and Budget?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first bill Obama signs into law, and what does it do?
2. What reasons does Obama give that those who knew him as a teenager would have doubted he would seek political office?
3. Why is Super Tuesday referred to by that name?
4. How does Obama describe “politics in Springfield” (33) while he is a state senator?
5. What does Obama identify as “the one big tactical error of our campaign” (139)?
6. To what events does Obama ascribe his perception as a U.S. Senator that he needed to do more in office, and faster?
7. What does Obama note he believes his motivations were and are for leaving his community-organization work?
8. Why does Obama dislike the question posed to Hillary Clinton about her likability?
9. How does Obama define the role of the body man?
10. What trust does Obama cite as integral to the modern social contract?
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