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

2. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Marx.
(b) Smith.
(c) Engels.
(d) Rand.

3. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

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

5. 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) Oxymoron.
(d) Conceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?

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

3. At which of the following firms does Obama note working after marrying Michelle?

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

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

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