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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
March 1 is Super Tuesday. Why is that day important?
a)
It is the “leap day” that coincides every four years with the presidential primaries.
b)
It is the day when the largest number of states hold their nominating contests for that year's presidential election.
c)
It is the day when superdelegates choose their candidate for president.
d)
It is the one day when “super PACs” can raise unlimited money for a candidate.
2.
Senate Republican leaders said Feb. 23 that there would be no confirmation hearings, no vote, not even a courtesy meeting with President Obama’s nominee to replace _________, all but slamming shut any prospects for an election-year Supreme Court confirmation.
a)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch
b)
Education Secretary Arne Duncan
c)
Justice Antonin Scalia
d)
Justice Samuel Alito
3.
The tumultuous Republican race grew even more volatile last week after a memorably feisty debate and _________ endorsement of the Republican iconoclast Donald Trump.
a)
Jeb Bush’s
b)
Chris Christie’s
c)
Nancy Reagan’s
d)
Mitt Romney’s
4.
Seas are rising at the fastest rate in the last 28 _________, largely as a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity — and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported last week.
a)
weeks
b)
months
c)
years
d)
centuries
5.
Drawing overwhelming support from the _________ voters who deserted her here eight years ago, Hillary Clinton won her first resounding victory of the 2016 campaign in South Carolina on Feb. 27, delivering a blow to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
a)
African-American
b)
Hispanic
c)
male
d)
white
6.
In a ceremony that became a raucous diversity lesson under the guidance of its host, Chris Rock, _________, a newspaper drama about the Roman Catholic Church cover-up of sexual abuse by priests, snatched top honors at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday.
a)
“The Big Short”
b)
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
c)
“The Revenant”
d)
“Spotlight”
7.
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and his moderate allies appeared Feb. 29 to have made strong gains in two national elections, the first to be held since Tehran completed a sweeping _________ deal with the United States and other Western powers.
a)
human rights
b)
trade
c)
climate change
d)
nuclear
8.
President Obama sent Congress a plan on Feb. 23 to close _________, his latest attempt to deliver on an unfulfilled promise of his presidency, which faces near-certain rejection by Congress.
a)
a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
b)
Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation
c)
the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
d)
the southern border with Mexico
9.
Three of the headlines below about science and health news appeared in The Times in the last week. One is from the satirical paper The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
a)
Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Global Food Supply, Report Warns
b)
EPA Urges Nation To Develop New Air Source
c)
HPV Sharply Reduced in Teenage Girls Following Vaccine, Study Says
d)
Scott Kelly Poised to Set NASA Record for Consecutive Days in Space
10.
On Feb. 15, the 58th annual Grammy Awards celebrated a young generation of chart-dominating pop stars, with Taylor Swift winning album of the year for “1989” and _________ sweeping the rap categories
a)
J. Cole
b)
Drake
c)
Kendrick Lamar
d)
Kanye West
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