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Upfront Magazine - 9/21/18
By Hillary Cheaney
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Question 1
1.
"Change Comes to the Kingdom"
Who is leading the way in bringing social change to Saudi Arabia?
A) the clerics
B) King Salman
C) The United States
D) Crown Prince Mohammed
Question 2
2.
"Change Comes to the Kingdom"
What is now different for Saudi women?
A) Saudi women can drive
B) Saudi women can attend sporting events
C) Saudi women have more jobs open to them
D) All of the above are correct
Question 3
3.
"Change Comes to the Kingdom"
What is still limiting the freedom of women in Saudi Arabia?
A) the guardianship system
B) the member nations of OPEC
C) the increase in Western-style tourism
D) the nation's methods for fighting terrorism
Question 4
4.
"Change Comes to the Kingdom"
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt want to establish a relationship with Saudi Arabia?
A) to have a strong partner in fighting terrorism
B) to secure a supply of oil for the United States
C) to help bring about social change in Saudi Arabia
D) to ensure the safety of US officials in the country
Question 5
5.
"Supreme Showdown"
This year, President Trump nominated _______________ to the Supreme Court.
A) Neil M. Gorsuch
B) Merrick Garland
C) Brett Kavanaugh
D) Sandra Day O'Connor
Question 6
6.
"Supreme Showdown"
Which government body confirms - or rejects - a nominee to the Supreme Court?
A) the House of Representatives
B) the Senate
C) the Supreme Court
D) the Justice Department
Question 7
7.
"Supreme Showdown"
In the article, what is meant by "swing vote?"
A) a justice who resigns from office
B) a justice who always votes with the conservative wing of the Court
C) a justice who votes with both the conservative and liberal wings of the Court, depending on the case
D) a justice who was confirmed by a simple majority, rather than by 60 votes
Question 8
8.
"The Last Slave"
Why did
Barracoon
remain unpublished for nearly a century?
A) Hurston switched her focus to getting other books published
B) Publishers objected to the book being written in Lewis's dialect
C) Lewis's family asked for a long delay in the release of the book
D) Hurston's manuscript was lost until a cultural anthropologist found it recently
Question 9
9.
"The Last Slave"
When was Lewis born in relation to when international trafficking of Africans had been outlawed?
A) the same year
B) about 10 years before
C) about 30 year after
D) more than 50 years after
Question 10
10.
"The Last Slave"
After being freed, Lewis immediately wanted to
A) tell his story
B) return to Africa
C) earn some money
D) build his own town