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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part One: The Bet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Brontë.
(c) Austen.
(d) Woolf.

2. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Fanon.
(b) Chaulet.
(c) Camus.
(d) Jeanson.

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Gogol.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Solovyov.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

4. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?
(a) 500.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,250.

5. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Half a year.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?

2. Michelle’s comment that “You have some magic beans, and you’re going to plant them, and overnight a huge beanstalk is going to grow high into the sky, and you’ll climb up the beanstalk, kill the giant who lives in the clouds, and then bring home a goose that lays golden eggs” (45) is an example of which of the following?

3. In which of the following years does Obama note marrying Michelle?

4. At which of the following firms does Obama note working after marrying Michelle?

5. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?

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