Think you can do the quiz without choices?  If so, here’s the short answer version of this week’s news quiz.  Good luck!

1.  China has viewed by-elections in this area as an attempt to pressure it on political reform.

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.

3.  According to a recent deal brokered by Brazil will have Iran send its uranium to what country?

4.  Israel recently barred this American academic from entering the West Bank.

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.

6.  Over the weekend, Michelle Obama gave the commencement address at this university.

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.

8.  In which German state did Angela Merkel’s coalition lose badly last week?  Because of this defeat Mrs. Merkel will no longer have a majority in the Bundesrat.

9.  This African nation’s churches are opposing its draft constitution because they say it encourages abortion.

10.  The building of this next to Ground Zero has created a public outcry.