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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Obama note is his average margin of victory in the weeks after Super Tuesday?

2. The acronym EEOB carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

3. In which of the following hotels does Obama note staying while campaigning for the presidency?

4. In which of the following cities does Obama note announcing his presidential candidacy?

5. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Obama note he believes his motivations were and are for leaving his community-organization work?

2. How does Obama describe “politics in Springfield” (33) while he is a state senator?

3. What debate-day rituals does Obama note performing?

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

5. What two things does Obama note led to his ascendancy in the Iowa campaign?

6. What lesson does Obama report taking from the New Hampshire primary?

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

8. Why is Super Tuesday referred to by that name?

9. Why does Obama dislike the question posed to Hillary Clinton about her likability?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part Three: Renegade is the single largest portion of the main text of the memoir (excluding front and back matter, as well as paratext). Is it also the most important? How is it / not?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the symbolism of the Tea Party and its members’ trappings and presentations, as depicted in the memoir.

Essay Topic 3

Obama muses on making the following comment: “The point of it all. To have that rare chance, reserved for very few, to bend history in a better direction” (423). Is the chance rare? It is reserved for few? What in the memoir supports the position? How does it do so?

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