Question:
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A fried of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a naughty street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked..

Paul nodded, "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? I wish..." He hesitated .

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said made Paul think all the way.

"I wish ," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that."

Paul looked at the boy in surprise, adding, "Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?"

"Yes, I'd love that." After a short ride, the boy turned and said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"

Paul smiled, He thought he knew what the boy wanted. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. Then in a while Paul heard him coming back, but he didn't come fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He pointed to the car and said, "There it is, Buddy, just like I told you up stairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas. And some day I'm going to give one just like it and then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying tell you about. "

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what "It is more blessed to give" means.
1. Who is the story about?
2. What did he get?
3. Who was looking at it?
4. What did he hope for?
5. What did Paul offer?
6. Where did he ask to go?
7. Why?
8. What was his brother's name?
9. Why did he carry Buddy?
10. What did Paul do?
11. And then what?
12. What day was it?
13. What did he learn?
14. Why does he want a car for Buddy?
15. Why?
16. Who gave Paul the car?
17. Did the boy go up and down the steps at the same speed?

Numbered answers:
1. Paul
2. an automobile
3. a street boy
4. that he could give his brother a car
5. a ride in his automobile
6. in front of his house
7. so he could show his brother the car
8. Buddy
9. he was crippled
10. Put Buddy into the front seat.
11. they took a holiday ride.
12. Christmas Eve
13. what "It is more blessed to give" means
14. So he can drive Buddy around
15. so he can see all the pretty things in the Christmas windows
16. his brother
17. no

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Art Nouveau (, Anglicised to ) is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.

English uses the French name Art Nouveau (new art). The style is related to, but not identical with, styles that emerged in many countries in Europe at about the same time: in Austria it is known as "Secessionsstil" after "Wiener Secession"; in Spanish "Modernismo"; in Catalan "Modernisme"; in Czech "Secese"; in Danish "Sknvirke" or "Jugendstil"; in German "Jugendstil", Art Nouveau or "Reformstil"; in Hungarian "Szecesszio"; in Italian Art Nouveau, "Stile Liberty" or "Stile floreale"; in Norwegian "Jugendstil"; in Polish "Secesja"; in Slovak "Secesia"; in Russian "" (Modern); and in Swedish "Jugend".

Art Nouveau is a total art style: It embraces a wide range of fine and decorative arts, including architecture, painting, graphic art, interior design, jewelry, furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass art, and metal work.

By 1910, Art Nouveau was already out of style. It was replaced as the dominant European architectural and decorative style first by Art Deco and then by Modernism.
1. What is Art Nouveau?
2. Still popular?
3. What was it replaced by?
4. When?
5. So is that the latest then?
6. What is?
7. Are any nations mentioned in the article?
8. Which one?
9. Give an example?
10. What does it say about that one?
11. Why?

Numbered answers:
1. a style of art
2. no
3. Art Deco
4. By 1910,
5. no
6. Modernism
7. yes
8. several
9. Austria
10. it is known as "Secessionsstil"
11. after "Wiener Secession"

Question:
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Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came late in his life.

He was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. He lived in California during his early childhood. He was named after the chief Southern general in America's Civil War. The general's name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to honor the general.

Someone once asked another American writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer. Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. He often drank too much wine and became angry. Robert was the victim of his anger.

Robert Frost finished high school in 1891. After high school, Robert's grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College. But Robert left the school after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at different jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry.

Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. After that, he returned to the many jobs he held before. For a while, Frost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire. He was not a successful farmer. And he continued to write poetry. He said that until 1930, he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing.

In 1912, he decided to try to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low. In Britain, Frost found a publisher for his first book of poems. The book was called A Boy's Will. When it appeared in 1913. Frost received high praise from British readers. Praise was something he had not received in his own country.

Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked them very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped get Frost's second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.
1. Which one of America's best known writers is this story about?
2. Who was he named after?
3. What was Robert Lee famous for?
4. So, why was Frost named after him?
5. And where did Frost live as a young child?
6. Was he also born there?
7. In which year?
8. Why did he quit Dartmouth?
9. Did he have a happy childhood?
10. How many years did he go to Harvard?
11. What did he do in New Hampshire?
12. What did he write?
13. What was published in 1913?
14. Did people like it?
15. Who wrote an article about him?
16. What was the name of the book that he helped Frost get published?
17. What did Hemingway say about becoming a writer?
18. Who offered to pay Frost's way at Dartmouth?
19. What did did he graduate high school?
20. Was he ever a reporter like his father?
Numbered answers:
1. Robert Frost
2. Robert Edward Lee.
3. chief Southern general
4. father wanted to honor the general
5. California
6. yes
7. 1874
8. He didn't like it.
9. no
10. two
11. tried to farm
12. poetry
13. A Boy's Will.
14. yes
15. Ezra Pound
16. North of Boston
17. The best thing was to have an unhappy childhood.
18. Robert's grandfather
19. 1891
20. yes