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World Newsletter: Weekly quiz May 21-22

Here's a weekly quiz specially designed for subscribers to our free daily World Editor's Picks newsletter.

May 20, 2011, 9:47 p.m. ET

By Christa Case Bryant

1. What did Arabs think of Obama's big Mideast speech this week?

Amr Nabil/AP

Egyptians watch on television President Obama's Middle East speech, at a coffee shop in Cairo, on Thursday, May 19.

They were grateful to hear his support for uprisings in Libya and Syria.
They thought he wrongly implied that the US supported Egypt’s uprisings from the outset
They were mad that he didn’t apologize for America’s historic support for their dictators
All of the above

World Newsletter: Weekly quiz May 21-22

Here's a weekly quiz specially designed for subscribers to our free daily World Editor's Picks newsletter.

1. What did Arabs think of Obama's big Mideast speech this week?

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