Short Quiz - Obama From Promise to Power

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Short Quiz - Obama From Promise to Power

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Short Quiz – 20 July 2008
“Obama: From Promise to Power”
by David Mendell


1. When and where was Barack Obama born?

2. How old were his parents and how had they met?

3. Why would you guess, as reported by our author, that Barack Obama never bothered to check whether his parents had had a marriage ceremony and that he was so bitter toward his father?

4. Since Barack's mother was the plural wife of his Islamic father and bigamy would invalidate under Hawaiin law any marriage ceremony in which they had engaged, why would you guess that Barack's mother bothered divorcing his father?

5. How old was Barack when he and his mother were abandoned by his father?

6. Since Barack's father had been a graduate student at the University of Hawaii for at least three years, for what kind of "study program" at Harvard was he abandoning Barack and his mother?

7. How long did Barack live in Indonesia? What kind of schooling did he receive there?

8. How old was Barack when he returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents and attend prep school at Punahou.

9. What was the character of Punahou?

10. How did Barack afford to attend Punahou?

11. Was Barack a basketball star at Punahou?

12. Did Barack play any other sports at Punahou?

13. Did Barack have any siblings?

14. Was there any substance to the claim frequently made during the recent primary campaign by both Barack and his campaign officials that Barack had been "raised by a single Mom"?

15. Why did Barack attend Occidental College in Los Angeles for his first two years of college?

16. Why did Barack transfer to Columbia University for his last two years of college?

17. Was Barack active in any student activities at Columbia?

18. What did Barack do for the first two years after graduation from Columbia?

19. How long was Barack a community organizer on Chicago's South Side?

20. When did Barack attend Harvard Law School, serving as President of the prestigious Harvard Law Review?

21. While at Harvard, for what famous Harvard Law Professor did Barack serve as a research assistant? What was the reaction of the famous professor to Barack's work?

22. How did Barack meet his wife who is also a Harvard Law School graduate?

23. What is the nature of the Chicago law firm that Barack joined after graduation? How long did he remain there?

24. Among Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s 8,000 congregants, who was more famous than Barack?

25. How did Barack win the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in 2004? The general election?

26. Given Barack Obama's background, what kind of a U.S. President do you think he would make?

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