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Multiple Choice Test

1. The Vorwahlen in the US are called:

  1. primary elections
  2. secondary elections
  3. prime elections

Solution: A

2. The general elections will be held in:

  1. October 2008
  2. November 2008
  3. January 2009

Solution: B

3. Where are the primaries held?

  1. in half of the US states
  2. in all of the US states
  3. in all of the US states and territories

Solution: C

4. Who are the two presumptive candidates?

  1. McCain and Clinton
  2. Clinton and Obama
  3. Huckabee and Obama

Solution: B

5. Who are the superdelegates?

  1. all members of the party
  2. voters
  3. elected officials and party leaders

Solution: C

6. What does "to clinch" the nomination mean?

  1. to lose
  2. to win
  3. to tie

Solution: B

7. What is the goal of the primary elections?

  1. to decide who the two main presidential candidates will be
  2. to waste money
  3. to practice campaigning for the general election

Solution: A

8. Why was a Republican nominee chosen so quickly?

  1. because the democrats were so divided
  2. because in most states, the winner of the primary takes all the delegates
  3. because they held their primaries earlier

Solution: C

9. Why did Clinton suspend her campaign?

  1. she wanted to let Obama win
  2. Obama received the amount of delegates need to win
  3. Obama offered her the vice-president position

Solution: B

10. Who are the vice-president candidates?

  1. Obama and Clinton
  2. Palin and Huckabee
  3. Biden and Palin

Solution: C

11. What are the most important issues to the 2008 election?

  1. Healthcare, foreign relations and economy.
  2. War in Iraq, healthcare and economy.
  3. Economy, war in Iraq and gay marriage.

Solution: B

12. Why were the democrats worried that their primary season lasted so long?

  1. They are worried that they will not be able to unite their party.
  2. They are worried that Obama has too much support.
  3. They are worried that McCain doesn’t have enough support.

Solution: A

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