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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

2. Michelle’s comment that “You have some magic beans, and you’re going to plant them, and overnight a huge beanstalk is going to grow high into the sky, and you’ll climb up the beanstalk, kill the giant who lives in the clouds, and then bring home a goose that lays golden eggs” (45) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Analogy.

3. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) Audre Lorde.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Octavia Butler.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

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

5. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?
(a) Michelle Bachmann.
(b) Claire McCaskill.
(c) Kathleen Blanco.
(d) Ann Richards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the Super Tuesday contests does Obama report winning?

2. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?

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

4. In what year does Obama note the Resolute desk was given to the White House?

5. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym FOB in the memoir?

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