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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The acronym HAMP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Home Affordable Modification Program.
(b) Hopeful Aspirations Matter Potentially.
(c) High Amperage Multiphasic Power-supply.
(d) Hot Action Made Present.

2. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Simile.
(d) Oxymoron.

3. Which of the following does Obama report is the motto of his campaign staff in Iowa?
(a) Respect. Empower. Include.
(b) Hope and change.
(c) Yes we can!
(d) Fired up! Ready to go!

4. The comment, “The presidency is like a new car. It starts depreciating the minute you drive it off the lot” (233) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Simile.

5. By what margin does the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act pass the House of Representatives?
(a) 244 to 188.
(b) 435 to 0.
(c) 301 to 134.
(d) 218 to 217.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many primary contests does Obama report winning in the weeks after Super Tuesday?

2. By approximately how wide a margin does Obama win in his race for U.S. Senate?

3. Which of the following endorses Obama after the South Carolina primary?

4. Which of the following accompanies Obama to Afghanistan and Iraq when he travels there during his campaign?

5. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?

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