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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. In which of the following years does Obama note entering Harvard Law School?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1988.

2. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1995.

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Harlan Ellison.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

4. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) Ian Fleming.
(b) Robert Ludlum.
(c) JRR Tolkien.
(d) John le Carré.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?

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

3. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?

4. Which of the following cities does Obama visit on his first official trip abroad as a U.S. Senator?

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

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