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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. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym FOB in the memoir?
2. The acronym HAMP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
3. How many primary contests does Obama report winning in the weeks after Super Tuesday?
4. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
5. Whom does Obama note moderated the Democratic debate at Drake University?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act economic stimulus that Obama articulates?
2. How does Obama define the role of the body man?
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 lesson does Obama report taking from the New Hampshire primary?
5. What shortcomings does Obama note in his collegiate self, based on his journaling?
6. What is the overall tone of the first section in Chapter 10, describing the Oval Office, and how is it conveyed?
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. How does Obama describe “politics in Springfield” (33) while he is a state senator?
9. What does Obama identify as “the one big tactical error of our campaign” (139)?
10. What justifications does Obama provide for asking Robert Gates to stay on as Defense Secretary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the symbolism of the Tea Party and its members’ trappings and presentations, as depicted in the memoir.
Essay Topic 2
Obama remarks several times through the memoir about playing cards, particularly Spades. What functions do the remarks serve, and how do the remarks serve those functions?
Essay Topic 3
In the preface, Obama makes the following parenthetical remark: “I still like writing things out in longhand, finding that a computer gives even my roughest drafts too smooth a gloss and lends half-baked thoughts the mask of tidiness” (xiii). Does experience support the position? How so or not?
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