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

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

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Brontë.
(c) Woolf.
(d) Austen.

4. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 months.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following endorses Obama after the South Carolina primary?

2. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?

3. How tall does Obama report being?

4. How much does Obama report paying for the first home he and Michelle buy together?

5. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s Iowa leader?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What rumors regarding his American identity does Obama note following Super Tuesday?

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

4. Why does Obama note unease at being “the new ‘in’ thing” (196)?

5. What two things does Obama note led to his ascendancy in the Iowa campaign?

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

7. What lesson does Obama report taking from the New Hampshire primary?

8. Why is Super Tuesday referred to by that name?

9. What shortcomings does Obama note in his collegiate self, based on his journaling?

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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