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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. By how many points does Obama win the North Carolina primary?
(a) 22.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.
2. Which of the following accompanies Obama to Afghanistan and Iraq when he travels there during his campaign?
(a) Jack Ryan.
(b) Jack Reed.
(c) Reed Richards.
(d) Richard Ryan.
3. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1996.
4. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?
(a) Claire McCaskill.
(b) Michelle Bachmann.
(c) Ann Richards.
(d) Kathleen Blanco.
5. The comment, “I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza” (12) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Conceit.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many counties does Obama report Iowa has?
2. By how wide a margin does Obama defeat Clinton in the South Carolina primary?
3. How much does Obama report paying for the first home he and Michelle buy together?
4. The comment, “From day one, it felt like the middle of Times Square” (82) offers an example of which of the following?
5. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Obama note his campaign staff defines the term “gaffe”?
2. What comment is reported that Billy Shaheen makes about Obama?
3. 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?
4. What does Obama identify as the “biggest mistake of the campaign” (143)?
5. What trust does Obama cite as integral to the modern social contract?
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 the conditions of JV Martin Junior High School connote to him?
8. 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?
9. To what political choices does Obama ascribe worsening income inequality as he moves into the general campaign from the primary?
10. What complications in Black attitudes toward his candidacy does Obama note?
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