FF-11 – Text of News Quiz, July 14, 1978

FF-11-A-42

Test: July 14, 1978

Instructions: Write your name at the top of every piece of paper

Write your age next to your name

If you have trouble writing, do the best you can. Then, when the test time comes, and we ask for people who need help, raise your hand so that you can get help.

Note: When you are finished with your test, and you can write well, please volunteer to help someone who needs help – first turn in your test, then help someone. We need many volunteers.

Questions:

  1. Choose four of the following countries, and tell something about the location of the country, its history, its politics, and any other facts you may know:

China
Afghanistan
Algeria
Brazil
Albania
Angola
Germany – East and West
Yemen
Israel

  1. Where is Mauritania? What are some of the latest developments in Mauritania?
  2. Who were the Rosenbergs? What happened to them? What was the US government actually doing in the Rosenberg case? When confronted with the choice of imprisonment or death, what did they choose and what were their reasons? Why is the Rosenberg case important for us to know about?
  3. Malcolm X. What religious organization did Malcolm X join? What were some of his strongly held views? What finally happened to Malcolm X and why? Some people say that he was killed because of his political ideas, explain why, or why not. (Alternate or additional question: Who do you think is closer to Dad in their political beliefs – Malcolm X or Martin Luther King? Explain.)
  4. What did Dad say we must do here in Jonestown before talking about fighting guerrilla wars elsewhere (in Africa)? What were some of the things he said about socialist commitment on his tape?
  5. What did Andrew Young say that caused embarrassment to President Carter? What were some of the responses he got to his statements?
  6. Explain why President Carter is talking every hour about the case of two Soviet “dissidents”?