Lists in If-Statements in Python [duplicate]

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I am new to python so please keep that in mind during the duration of this question.

So, I am trying to create an IF statement that basically incorporates a list and says that:

IF something from an input statement above = something on the list then it prints a certain thing

Else

prints a different thing

This is what I have so far for code:

def main():

favoriteThing = ["item0", "item1", "item2", "item3", "item4"]

question = input("What is your favorite item?")

if(question = (favoriteThing[0]) or (favoriteThing[1]) or (favoriteThing[3]) or (favoriteThing[4]))
    print("Awesome! That is one of my favorite things as well!!!")
    print("Here is a list of my top 5 favorite things!")
    print(favoriteThing)
else:
    print("Cool!!! That thing is not in my top 5 though. Here is a list of my top 5 favorite things!")
    print(favoriteThing)

main()

Needless to say I am getting an error for the IF statement. I was just wandering if there was a way to do what I hope you can see what I am trying to do without having to have a loop and a bunch of elif statements. I was thinking something like multiple OR statements if that is a thing. I am not sure.

Thank You!!!