Upfront quiz 1.

DIRECTIONS: Fill in blank or circle letter next to the best answer.

1. Average male-female life expectancy in the African nation of Zimbabwe is only 37.9. As in much of Africa, the disease of -- is a major killer. 2. The U.S. State Department needs more Arabic speakers. But Arabic speakers are hard to train; Arabic is categorized as "super hard," along with a French. b Italian. c Japanese. d German. 3. In January, baseball great Pete Rose finally ended years of denials when he admitted that he -- on games while on the job. 4. The treasure ship Republic was on a recovery mission after a the Civil War. b World War II. c Hurricane Hugo. d the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. 5. In January, concerns about -- prompted the U.S. to start fingerprinting and photographing visitors from most foreign countries. 6. Democratic presidential candidates hope history repeats itself this November. In years past, incumbents lost the popular vote when there has been a reading--as there was in December 2003--of less than 100 in the a Consumer Price...