Pre-presidential Obama: Test how much you know about his early life

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President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts military fathers and their children for a screening of the Disney/Pixar movie, 'Cars 2,' in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

You see him on television, hear him on the radio, and read about him in the papers. But how much do you really know about Barack Obama and his fast-track path to the White House? Test your knowledge of the man who became America’s 44th president – the fifth youngest ever elected – with our quiz on his life before taking office.

- David Karas, contributor

Obama has said he would have become an architect if not for his decision to become an attorney and a community organizer.

Obama has said he would have become an architect if not for his decision to become an attorney and a community organizer.

Obama has said he would have become an architect if not for his decision to become an attorney and a community organizer.

Obama has said he would have become an architect if not for his decision to become an attorney and a community organizer.

1. In his youth, what career did Barack Obama aspire to?

Barack Obama is pictured in the Punahou School yearbook in a 1979 childhood photo in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama graduated from the Punahou School in 1979. (Obama Press Office/UPI/Newscom/File)

Social worker
Architect
Doctor
Novelist

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