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

2. 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) Oxymoron.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Paradox.

3. To which of the following groups does Obama report having listened prior to his presidential campaign?
(a) Tag Team.
(b) Public Enemy.
(c) 2 Live Crew.
(d) NWA.

4. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?
(a) Hawaiian for “A horn’s sound.”
(b) Hawaiian for “Grandma.”
(c) English for “A horn’s sound.”
(d) Swahili for “Grandma.”

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?

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

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

4. The phrase “Renegade to Secondary Hold” (249) offer an example of which of the following?

5. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Obama note he believes his motivations were and are for leaving his community-organization work?

5. What does Obama note the conditions of JV Martin Junior High School connote to him?

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

7. What is the primary rhetorical approach Obama uses to persuade David Axelrod to support his attempt to win a U.S. Senate seat, and why is it the primary one?

8. What justifications does Obama provide for asking Robert Gates to stay on as Defense Secretary?

9. What complications in Black attitudes toward his candidacy does Obama note?

10. What does Obama cite as his early problem in his campaign for president?

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