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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. How many days pass between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. A bust of which of the following appears in the Cabinet Room of the White House?
(a) Adams.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Madison.
(d) Washington.

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

4. The comment, “From day one, it felt like the middle of Times Square” (82) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

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) Litotes.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?

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

4. What is the vote in the House of Representatives on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?

5. Which of the following serves as Homeland Security Secretary?

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