In this task, you are given a sentence and question which can be answered using the sentence. Your task is to answer the question using the information from the sentence. The answer to the question is unique and it is a continuous text span from the sentence.
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Question: Sentence: As ex-slaves risked beatings for failing to meet the continuing duties , their freedom was limited . 
 Question: what was  continuing?

Answer: duties


Question: Sentence: The psychological impact of this first transformation caused Beast to experience short-term amnesia and also made it difficult for him to control his animalistic instincts , which would cause him to slip into an uncontrollable berserker rage during combat . 
 Question: who was  caused  to do something?

Answer: Beast ### him


Question: Sentence: Nash was also involved in North Carolina politics , representing Hillsborough on several occasions in the colonial North Carolina General Assembly . 
 Question: who was  involved  in something?

Answer:
Nash