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Test your knowledge of current industry events with the following quiz

1. Although it has few landline phones and virtually no Internet access, Afghanistan is entering the mobile age with the Kabul-area launch of Afghan Wireless Communications. Planned services include:

   a. Basic voice offerings

   b. Text messaging

   c. The “1-900-NO-VEILS” adult chat line

2. Despite gloomy forecasts, e-commerce revenues totaled more than $10 billion in Q4 2001, up 13.1% from Q4 2000 figures. Analysts attribute the rise to:

   a. Holiday gift-giving

   b. New hopes for economic recovery

   c. The online brokers' fees from last-minute sales of Enron stock

3. Between Feb. 14 and 21, the British Web site Centrifugalforces published “Thumb Poems,” a series of romantic verses typed and sent in the SMS format. Said site operator Andy Wilson:

   a. “The ‘Thumb Love’ poems will only appeal to genuine lovers.”

   b. “Thumb strain should deter Don Juans from sending more than one.”

   c. “I beg of you — do not take the ‘Thumb Love’ concept too literally.”

4. The Republican Party of Texas has threatened legal action should Kelly Fero, the owner of the www.enronownsthegop.com site, fail to remove his parody from the Web. If he refuses to comply, Fero may face:

   a. A trademark infringement suit

   b. A defamation of character suit

   c. The same death penalty handed down to every lawbreaker in Texas

The above quiz offers a combination of news and entertainment, and should not be mistaken for either.