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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. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?
(a) 63%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 53%.

2. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 months.
(d) 40 months.

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

4. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?
(a) 5 points.
(b) 30 points.
(c) 3 points.
(d) 50 points.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?

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

3. 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?

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

5. At which of the following schools does Obama note teaching after marrying Michelle?

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