1. The comment, “I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza” (12) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Oxymoron.

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

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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