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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following firms does Obama note working after marrying Michelle?

2. By approximately how wide a margin does Obama win in his race for U.S. Senate?

3. In what year does Obama note cloture came into practice?

4. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?

5. In which of the following cities does Obama note announcing his presidential candidacy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Obama label as the “big sort” in politics?

4. What reasons does Obama give that those who knew him as a teenager would have doubted he would seek political office?

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

6. What advice does Obama note he would offer to his collegiate self, could he go back and give it?

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

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

9. To what factor does Obama ascribe his good working relationship with Harry Reid early in his term as a U.S. Senator?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The memoir makes note of many, many names, mostly people who work for Obama in his offices and on his campaigns. What purpose might bringing up so many people serve? Does the memoir fulfill that purpose? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the passage in Chapter 21 beginning with “In other words” and ending with “before moving forward” (496). What rhetorical structure is being deployed? What effect does the structure have? How does it achieve the effect?

Essay Topic 3

Select one of the section titles: The Bet, Yes We Can, Renegade, The Good Fight, The World as It Is, In the Barrel, or On the High Wire. To what does the title make reference? How does it appear in the relevant section? What comment is suggested about it in that section? How is it suggested?

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