In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.

Question: How many copies of Palliser's novel had sold by the time he took the post of Writer in Residence at the University of Poitiers? Passage:Born in New England, Palliser is an American citizen but has lived in the United Kingdom since the age of three. He went up to Oxford in 1967 to read English Language and Literature and took a First in June 1970. He was awarded the BLitt in 1975 for a dissertation on Modernist fiction. From 1974 until 1990, Palliser was a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He was the first Deputy Editor of The Literary Review when it was founded in 1979. He taught creative writing during the Spring semester of 1986 at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In 1990, he gave up his university post to become a full-time writer when his first novel, The Quincunx, became an international best-seller. He teaches occasionally for the Arvon Foundation, the Skyros Institute, the University of London, London Metropolitan University, and Middlesex University. He was Writer in Residence at the University of Poitiers in 1997.
 Links: a. Glasgow b. The Quincunx c. Creative writing d. The Literary Review
b

Question: How old was the person George studied with at University of Michigan when George attended Muhlenberg College? Passage:At age 17 Miller began school-teaching to raise funds for higher education. In 1882 he entered Franklin and Marshall Academy, and progressed to Muhlenberg College in 1884. He received his B.A. in 1887 and M.A. in 1890. While a graduate student, Miller was Principal of schools in Greeley, Kansas and then professor of mathematics as Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. He corresponded with Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee for his Ph.D. in 1892. He then joined Frank Nelson Cole at University of Michigan and began to study groups. In 1895 he went to Europe where he heard Sophus Lie lecture at Leipzig and Camille Jordan at Paris. In 1897 he went to Cornell University as an assistant professor, and in 1901 to Stanford University as associate professor. In 1906 he went to University of Illinois where he taught until retirement in 1931.
 Links: a. Cumberland University b. Frank Nelson Cole c. Frank Nelson Cole d. Frank Nelson Cole
b

Question: Who owns the team that Schwartz joined when he turned professional? Passage:In 1979, Schwartz graduated from Miramar High School where he was a star soccer player. During his three high school seasons, he scored 104 goals. He then attended Appalachian State University where he played on the men's soccer team. He graduated in 1982 and was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1984, Schwartz turned professional Fort Lauderdale Sun of the United Soccer League. He was the Rookie of the Year and playoff MVP. In the fall of 1984, Schwartz had an unsuccessful trial with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He then returned to Florida where he coached the Hollywood Hills High School girls team and played for the amateur Lowenbrau Lions of the Gold Coast Soccer League's First Division. In 1985, the Sun moved and changed their name to the South Florida Sun. The team and the league collapsed six games into the season. Schwartz then worked as a carpenter, coached Hollywood High and played for the Lowenbrau Lions. In 1986, Andrew College hired Schwartz took start a women's soccer team at the college. In 1986, he played for the Houston Dynamos. In March 1988, he signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Soccer League. He then started the Strikers first game of the 1989 season, but didn't play after that. He asked for and was granted his release from the team in May. Starting in August 2015, Mark has been working as a Project Engineer for Bernhardt Design in Lenoir, North Carolina.
 Links: a. Fort Lauderdale Sun b. Fort Lauderdale Sun c. Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994) d. American Soccer League (1988–89)

a