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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. At which of the following schools does Obama note teaching after marrying Michelle?
(a) University of Chicago Law School.
(b) Loyola College School of Law.
(c) John Marshall Law School.
(d) Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

2. 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) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Conceit.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?

2. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?

3. In which of the following years does Obama note marrying Michelle?

4. 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?

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

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