Problems and exercisesOrganolithiums, Grignard reagents and cuprates

What product is obtained by treating methyl benzoate with (a) two equivalents of methylmagnesium bromide and (b) one equivalent? How would you prepare acetophenone from benzoic acid with a Grignard reagent?

Predict the major product of the reaction of cyclohex-2-enone with (a) Ph₂CuLi and (b) PhLi, followed by hydrolysis. What would happen if the enolate formed in (a) were treated with methyl iodide before hydrolysis?