Problem: Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a country in Eurasia. At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 144million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern; about 77% of the population live in European Russia. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world; other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan.

Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.

The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde, and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus'. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.
1. What is the official name of Russia?
2. Is it a small country?
3. Is it a large country?
4. Is any other country larger?
5. How many time zones are in Russia?
6. Does it have borders on both land and sea?
7. What bodies of water does it border?
8. How many countries does Russia border?
9. How many people live in Russia?
10. Is all of Russia urbanised?
11. What is the capital city of Russia?
Answer: 1. Russian Federation
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. 11
6. Yes
7. Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Strait
8. 16
9. 144million
10. No
11. Moscow

Problem: Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. As of July 1, 2016, Madison's estimated population of 252,551 made it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and the 82nd largest in the United States. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties. The Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area's 2010 population was 568,593.

Founded in 1829 on an isthmus between Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, Madison was named the capital of the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and became the capital of the state of Wisconsin when it was admitted to the Union in 1848. That same year, the University of Wisconsin was founded in Madison and the state government and university have become the city's two largest employers. The city is also known for its lakes, restaurants, and extensive network of parks and bike trails, with much of the park system designed by landscape architect John Nolen.

Since the 1960s, Madison has been a center of political liberalism, influenced in part by the presence of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Madison's origins begin in 1829, when former federal judge James Duane Doty purchased over a thousand acres (4km) of swamp and forest land on the isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona, with the intention of building a city in the Four Lakes region. He purchased 1,261 acres for $1,500. When the Wisconsin Territory was created in 1836 the territorial legislature convened in Belmont, Wisconsin. One of the legislature's tasks was to select a permanent location for the territory's capital. Doty lobbied aggressively for Madison as the new capital, offering buffalo robes to the freezing legislators and promising choice Madison lots at discount prices to undecided voters. He had James Slaughter plat two cities in the area, Madison and "The City of Four Lakes", near present-day Middleton.
1. WHat is the capital of the U.S state of Wisconsin?
2. When was it founded?
3. What is the City known for?
4. What was it's populationi as of July 1, 2016?
5. Is it also known for it's extensive network of parks and bike trails?
6. What Wisconsin city is it second largest after?
7. When did it become the state capital?
8. What University is said to be a factor as it being a center of political liberalism?
9. What former Judge purchased over 1000 acres to begin Madison's origins?
10. How much did he purchase the 1,261acres for?
11. What did Doty use to aggressively lobbie Madison as the new capital?
12. What is Madisons two largest employers?
13. Who was it's park system designed by?
Answer: 1. Madison
2. 1829,
3. lakes
4. 252,551
5. yes
6. Milwaukee
7. 1848
8. University of Wisconsin-Madison
9. James Duane Doty
10. $1,500
11. promising choice Madison lots at discount prices to undecided voters
12. the state government and university
13. John Nolen

Problem: CHAPTER XXVIII--CAPITULATION

When Sheldon emerged from among the trees he found Joan waiting at the compound gate, and he could not fail to see that she was visibly gladdened at the sight of him.

"I can't tell you how glad I am to see you," was her greeting. "What's become of Tudor? That last flutter of the automatic wasn't nice to listen to. Was it you or Tudor?"

"So you know all about it," he answered coolly. "Well, it was Tudor, but he was doing it left-handed. He's down with a hole in his shoulder." He looked at her keenly. "Disappointing, isn't it?" he drawled.

"How do you mean?"

"Why, that I didn't kill him."

"But I didn't want him killed just because he kissed me," she cried.

"Oh, he did kiss you!" Sheldon retorted, in evident surprise. "I thought you said he hurt your arm."

"One could call it a kiss, though it was only on the end of the nose." She laughed at the recollection. "But I paid him back for that myself. I boxed his face for him. And he did hurt my arm. It's black and blue. Look at it."

She pulled up the loose sleeve of her blouse, and he saw the bruised imprints of two fingers.

Just then a gang of blacks came out from among the trees carrying the wounded man on a rough stretcher.

"Romantic, isn't it?" Sheldon sneered, following Joan's startled gaze. "And now I'll have to play surgeon and doctor him up. Funny, this twentieth-century duelling. First you drill a hole in a man, and next you set about plugging the hole up."
1. Who kissed Joan?
2. Who did she tell about it?
3. Where did he find Joan?
4. Who did they talk about?
5. Had Joan wanted him killed?
6. What did Sheldon do to him?
7. What did he think Tudor had done?
8. Did he?
9. How was her arm?
10. How did Tudor shoot?
11. ?Was Joan upset to see Sheldon
12. Who would have to take care of Tudor?
13. What did he have to do?
Answer:
1. joan
2. Sheldon
3. waiting at the compound gate, a
4. Tudor
5. no
6. shot him?
7. hurt Joan.
8. no
9. It's black and blue
10. left-handed
11. no
12. sheldon
13. plug the hole up.