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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: In the Barrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Obama note is his average margin of victory in the weeks after Super Tuesday?
(a) 48%.
(b) 36%.
(c) 44%.
(d) 40%.

3. On what day is the well at the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill capped?
(a) 13 July.
(b) 14 July.
(c) 12 July.
(d) 15 July.

4. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym TARP in the memoir?
(a) Turn Around the Republican Party.
(b) Temporary Assistance for Relocating People.
(c) Throw Away Round Pegs.
(d) Troubled Asset Relief Program.

5. The comment that Merkel “was now eyeing Sarkozy the way a mother eyes an unruly child” (343) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following caucuses comes next after the New Hampshire primary?

2. How many days pass between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary?

3. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?

4. At which of the following does Mubarak welcome Obama during his first noted visit as President?

5. Which of the following serves as Secretary of the Interior?

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