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

2. In which of the following years does Obama note marrying Michelle?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1992.

3. Which of the following cities does Obama visit on his first official trip abroad as a U.S. Senator?
(a) Bob.
(b) Perm.
(c) Pompadour.
(d) Beehive.

4. 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) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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