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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. The acronym EEOB carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Equal Employment Opportunity Building.
(b) Estimated Employment Operations Benefits.
(c) Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
(d) Eisenhower Electronic Ordinance Bureau.

2. In which of the following cities does Obama note announcing his presidential candidacy?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Peoria.
(c) Carbondale.
(d) Springfield.

3. Which of the following does Obama report the Clinton campaign learned about his Kindergarten in Indonesia?
(a) He had written an essay about wanting to be a physician.
(b) He had written an essay about wanting to be a Senator.
(c) He had written an essay about wanting to be President.
(d) He had written an essay about wanting to be Pope.

4. By how wide a margin does Obama report winning the Iowa caucus?
(a) 5 points.
(b) 7 points.
(c) 6 points.
(d) 8 points.

5. The comment, “Hope and change were a luxury, folks seemed to be telling us, exotic imports that would wilt in the heat” (127) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?

2. What is the name of the head of Obama’s Secret Service detail head while he is on campaign?

3. Which of the following does Obama select to become Treasury Secretary?

4. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?

5. The acronym HARP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Obama define “too big to fail” companies within the context of the 2008 financial crisis (181)?

2. What is the overall tone of the first section in Chapter 10, describing the Oval Office, and how is it conveyed?

3. What does Obama identify as the “biggest mistake of the campaign” (143)?

4. What does Obama note doing in the first month after leaving office?

5. What is the first bill Obama signs into law, and what does it do?

6. How does Obama note his campaign staff defines the term “gaffe”?

7. What are the three components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act economic stimulus that Obama articulates?

8. What debate-day rituals does Obama note performing?

9. Obama notes reprising the final section of Lincoln’s journey to Washington, DC, for his own inauguration—with one change. What is the change, and why was it made?

10. What is the primary rhetorical approach Obama uses to persuade Michelle to support his first attempt to win political office, and why is it the primary one?

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