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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. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

2. In which of the following years does Obama note graduating college?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1985.

3. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) Octavia Butler.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Audre Lorde.
(d) Toni Morrison.

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

5. At which of the following firms does Obama note working after marrying Michelle?
(a) Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland.
(b) Sidley and Austin.
(c) Thomas J. Henry.
(d) Anderson and Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following companies does Obama report meeting Michelle?

2. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?

3. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?

4. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?

5. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?

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