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1. China has viewed by-elections in this area as an attempt to pressure it on political reform.
a. Xinjiang
b. Hong Kong
c. Tibet
d. Taiwan
2. BP and the U.S. government have insisted that only ths many barrels of oil a day are flowing out of the Gulf oil leak.
a. 5,000
b. 10,000
c. 50,000
d. 80,000
3. According to a recent deal brokered by Brazil will have Iran send its uranium to what country?
a. Russia
b. Syria
c. Turkey
d. The United States
4. Israel recently barred this American academic from entering the West Bank.
a. Thomas L. Friedman
b. Paul Krugman
c. Noam Chomsky
d. Alan Dershowitz
5. This state has reached an agreement to rehire dozens of teachers that were initially fired as part of a federally approved turn-around plan.
a. Virginia
b. Rhode Island
c. Massachusetts
d. Alabama
6. Over the weekend, Michelle Obama gave the commencement address at this university.
a. Virginia Commonwealth
b. Georgetown
c. George Mason University
d. George Washington
7. Some Southern American countries threatened to boycott a May 18th summit between the EU and Latin America if this nation’s president showed up.
a. Honduras
b. Peru
c. Colombia
d. Panama
8. In which German state did Angela Merkel’s coalition lose badly last week? Because of this defeat Mrs. Merkel will no longer had a majority in the Bundesrat.
a. Bavaria
b. North Rhine-Westphalia
c. Saxony-Anhalt
d. Baden-Wurttemberg
9. This African nation’s churches are opposing its draft constitution because they say it encourages abortion.
a. Malawi
b. Ghana
c. Mozambique
d. Kenya
10. The building of this next to Ground Zero has created a public outcry.
a. A mosque
b. A Wal-Mart
c. An airline training center
d. A military recruitment station