1. Ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal what?
a. A so-called hard border with Northern Ireland
b. A constitutional ban on abortion
c. A tax break for U.S. tech companies
2. Why did Italy’s president reject the prime-minister-in-waiting’s choice for finance minister?
a. The would-be finance minister has called Italy’s entry into the euro a “historic mistake.”
b. The president favored someone else for the job.
c. The president said he first wanted the prime minister to form a government.
3. Why did the president of France grant legal residency to Mamoudou Gassama, an immigrant from Mali?
a. The National Assembly voted to loosen the country’s immigration policy.
b. Gasssama helped identify a perpetrator of the Paris attacks of November 2015 who remained at large.
c. Gassama scaled the exterior of a building to rescue a 4-year-old boy suspended from a balcony.
4. How many people died as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year, according to researchers at Harvard?
a. About 4,600
b. About 64
c. About 10,000
5. Why did ABC Entertainment cancel the revived sitcom “Roseanne?”
a. The show trailed in the ratings.
b. The show became too costly to produce.
c. Its star and creator tweeted a racist comment.
6. What happened to Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist whom officials in Ukraine declared to be dead?
a. He was murdered by Russia’s secret services.
b. He turned up alive hours later as part of a move by Ukraine’s security service to foil a planned hit.
c. Officials have yet to say why he was killed.
7. Why did Kim Kardashian West meet with Donald Trump?
a. She accompanied her husband, Kanye West, to a meeting in the Oval Office.
b. She stopped by the Oval Office after a visit with Ivanka Trump.
c. She visited the White House to discuss sentencing reform.
8. The beginnings of schizophrenia may lie in which organ, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University?
a. The placenta
b. The brain
c. The stomach
9. Which of the following did not weigh on global stocks?
a. The prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its allies
b. Political turmoil in Italy
c. A increase in inflation in the U.S.
10. When will Zimbabwe hold its first election since the ouster of Robert Mugabe?
a. July 30
b. September 30
c. November 30
Answers
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. c
8. a
9. c
10. a