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Facebook is adding reactions that go beyond "like," a soccer star is accused of tax fraud, and Svetlana Alexievich won her country's first Nobel Prize in Literature. Take the BuzzFeed News quiz, made from stories featured in the BuzzFeed News app (now on both Android and iOS!) and the BuzzFeed News newsletter this week.

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Which of the following is NOT a new interaction Facebook is testing in addition to “like”?

Facebook [is testing six new “Reactions”](http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/you-asked-for-a-dislike-button-facebook-is-giving-you-reacti) — Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad and Angry — in Spain and Ireland. They may be available more broadly within weeks.

It's "meh"

1\. You Might Like This

Investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. She’s the first writer from which country to win the award?

The 67-year-old author [has written several books](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicasimeone/nobel-prize-in-literature-awarded-to-belarusian-writer-svetl) that lend a human voice to major historical events in the former Soviet Union and Russia, such as World War II, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the Chernobyl disaster.

It's Belarus

2\. Nobel Prize In Literature

Microsoft debuted new devices at an event this week. One of them is a product the company has never made before. What is it?

It’s called the Surface Book. It has a detachable touch screen, and "Microsoft is calling the Surface Book the fastest 13-inch laptop ever made,"[Mashable reports](http://mashable.com/2015/10/06/mcirosoft-surface-book/).

It's a laptop

3\. Microsoft's Big Event

"I think she was a bit of a hero, because she kind of flipped on society a little bit."   
Who said this about Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington, who identifies as black even as her parents insist she was born white?

In a [Vanity Fair interview](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/rihanna-cover-cuba-annie-leibovitz), the singer said Dolezal “legit changed people’s perspective a bit and woke people up.”

It's Rihanna

4\. Who Said It?

The Catholic Church dismissed a high-ranking Vatican official who worked in the Holy See press office after he revealed to an Italian newspaper he was gay. What is his name?

“I want the Church and my community to know who I am: a gay priest who is happy, and proud of his identity,” [he said](http://www.buzzfeed.com/tamerragriffin/the-vatican-has-fired-a-priest-who-came-out-as-gay).

It’s Krzysztof Charamsa

5\. Vatican Firing

Which social network will have to dole out $13 million after settling a class-action lawsuit for sending too many emails?

The “Add Connections” service [let users import connections to the site through their email](http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/linkedin-ruins-inbox-zero), and LinkedIn would then send the connections invitations.
But if the person did not respond to the invitation, LinkedIn took advantage of the access to people’s contact lists to send two follow-up emails to remind the person of the pending invite. The court found that this action was done without users’ consent.

It's LinkedIn

6\. Too Many Emails

Which clothing company has finally filed for bankruptcy?

American Apparel [has seen spiraling sales](http://www.buzzfeed.com/sapna/american-apparel-bankruptcy) and an ever-sinking stock price since a management upheaval began about a year ago.

It's American Apparel

7\. Clothing Store Bankruptcy

Which soccer star and his father were accused this week of cheating Spanish authorities out of more than 4 million euros (approximately $5 million)?

Prosecutors claim that Messi’s father, who managed his son’s finances, [failed to pay tax on his son’s earnings](http://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/lionel-messi-and-his-father-will-stand-trial-for-tax-fraud-i) by using shell companies in Uruguay, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Belize between 2007 and 2009.

It's Lionel Messi

8\. This Week In Football

Jack Dorsey will serve permanently as the CEO of Twitter, the company he co-founded. But he’ll remain CEO of another company he also founded. Which company is it?

Dorsey [took to Twitter on Monday](http://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/jack-dorsey-named-permanent-twitter-and-square-ceo) to announce it. Twitter’s board said in June that it was only considering those “who are in a position to make a full-time commitment to Twitter,” a stance the board jettisoned when they settled on Dorsey.

It's Square

9\. Twitter's New CEO

Everton's Tim Howard during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park, in Liverpool,England, Saturday, Aug 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

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