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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Good Fight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Lamoni.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Ottumwa.

2. Which of the following does Obama select to lead the Domestic Policy Council?
(a) Christina Romer.
(b) Peter Orszag.
(c) Jared Bernstein.
(d) Melody Barnes.

3. The acronym START carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Selected and Targeted Analog Radio Therapy.
(b) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
(c) Settlement, Trade, and Reclamation Treaty.
(d) Society for Training and Reconnaissance Tactics.

4. On which of the following dates does Obama report delivering his first major anti-terrorism speech?
(a) 22 May.
(b) 21 May.
(c) 23 May.
(d) 24 May.

5. How many primary contests does Obama report winning in the weeks after Super Tuesday?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. The acronym HAMP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

2. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?

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

4. How much does Obama report paying for the first home he and Michelle buy together?

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?

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