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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Renegade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1997.

2. How tall does Obama report being?
(a) 6’1”.
(b) 6’4”.
(c) 5’10”.
(d) 6’8”.

3. Which of the following songs does Obama have played following his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination?
(a) “Song for America.”
(b) “Only in America.”
(c) “Born in the USA.”
(d) “Proud to Be an American.”

4. Which of the following does Obama report the Clinton campaign learned about his Kindergarten in Indonesia?
(a) He had written an essay about wanting to be a physician.
(b) He had written an essay about wanting to be a Senator.
(c) He had written an essay about wanting to be Pope.
(d) He had written an essay about wanting to be President.

5. The comment, “It was less a transformation than an amplification, her essential ‘Miche-ness’ burnished to a high shine” (221) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many days does Obama report spending in Iowa in 2007?

3. 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?

4. By how wide a margin does Obama report winning the Iowa caucus?

5. Which of the following does Obama select to become Treasury Secretary?

(see the answer key)

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