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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days into his term in office does Obama sign his first bill into law?
(a) 9 days.
(b) 9 weeks.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 9 months.

2. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Half a year.
(d) Two years.

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

4. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?
(a) 58%.
(b) 63%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 53%.

5. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Harlan Ellison.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?

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

4. Which of the following does Obama report the Clinton campaign learned about his Kindergarten in Indonesia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Obama note his campaign staff defines the term “gaffe”?

2. What reasons does Obama give that those who knew him as a teenager would have doubted he would seek political office?

3. What is the primary rhetorical approach Obama uses to persuade Michelle to support his first attempt to win political office, and why is it the primary one?

4. What reasons does Obama report for reading constituent letters?

5. To what political choices does Obama ascribe worsening income inequality as he moves into the general campaign from the primary?

6. What does Obama note the conditions of JV Martin Junior High School connote to him?

7. What justifications does Obama provide for asking Robert Gates to stay on as Defense Secretary?

8. To what factor does Obama ascribe his good working relationship with Harry Reid early in his term as a U.S. Senator?

9. Obama notes reprising the final section of Lincoln’s journey to Washington, DC, for his own inauguration—with one change. What is the change, and why was it made?

10. What does Obama identify as the “biggest mistake of the campaign” (143)?

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