1. Stock markets fell sharply last week and bounced around wildly on Aug. 24 as investors debated if and when governments are likely to step in to calm the turmoil that has recently spiraled out from ______.

  • China
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • India

2. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, disclosed on Aug. 20 that cancer had spread to his brain. He spoke about the born-again Christian beliefs that some viewed as a potential impediment during his ______candidacy — but which were helping him now, he said, as he prepared for what was perhaps his life’s final contest.

  • 1956
  • 1966
  • 1976
  • 1986

3. Two women made history on Aug. 21 by becoming the first of their gender to graduate from the ______elite Ranger School.

  • Air Force’s
  • Army’s
  • Marines’
  • Navy’s

4. The rape trial of a 19-year-old graduate of an elite ______began last week. The case has drawn national attention to the school’s “senior salute” ritual, in which graduating seniors vie for the most intimate encounters.

  • boarding school
  • military school
  • program for young scientists
  • sports academy

5. “Straight Outta Compton” has led at the box office since it was released, but critics charge that the movie glosses over N.W.A.’s record of misogyny and ignores ______history of physically abusing women. On Aug. 21, he apologized to “all the women I've hurt.”

  • Big Pun’s
  • Dr. Dre’s
  • Flavor Flav’s
  • Ice Cube’s

6. President François Hollande of France on Aug. 24 awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, to these three men. Why?

  • They graduated with highest honors from the Sorbonne.
  • They helped stop a gunman on a high-speed train traveling to Paris from Amsterdam.
  • They successfully fought a raging wildfire in a forest on the outskirts of Paris.
  • They overpowered a hijacker on a flight from Paris to New York.

7. This week is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the costliest disasters in United States history. In all, more than ______people were killed and hundreds of thousands of others displaced.

  • 170
  • 1,700
  • 17,000
  • 170,000