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

2. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Brontë.
(c) Austen.
(d) Woolf.

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

4. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,250.
(c) 750.
(d) 1,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following years does Obama note graduating college?

2. In which of the following years does Obama note entering Harvard Law School?

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. By approximately how wide a margin does Obama win in his race for U.S. Senate?

5. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?

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