question: CHAPTER XVIII

Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions

Our friend Tom, in his own simple musings, often compared his more fortunate lot, in the bondage into which he was cast, with that of Joseph in Egypt; and, in fact, as time went on, and he developed more and more under the eye of his master, the strength of the parallel increased.

St. Clare was indolent and careless of money. Hitherto the providing and marketing had been principally done by Adolph, who was, to the full, as careless and extravagant as his master; and, between them both, they had carried on the dispersing process with great alacrity. Accustomed, for many years, to regard his master's property as his own care, Tom saw, with an uneasiness he could scarcely repress, the wasteful expenditure of the establishment; and, in the quiet, indirect way which his class often acquire, would sometimes make his own suggestions.

St. Clare at first employed him occasionally; but, struck with his soundness of mind and good business capacity, he confided in him more and more, till gradually all the marketing and providing for the family were intrusted to him.

"No, no, Adolph," he said, one day, as Adolph was deprecating the passing of power out of his hands; "let Tom alone. You only understand what you want; Tom understands cost and come to; and there may be some end to money, bye and bye if we don't let somebody do that."

Trusted to an unlimited extent by a careless master, who handed him a bill without looking at it, and pocketed the change without counting it, Tom had every facility and temptation to dishonesty; and nothing but an impregnable simplicity of nature, strengthened by Christian faith, could have kept him from it. But, to that nature, the very unbounded trust reposed in him was bond and seal for the most scrupulous accuracy.
1. Who was careless with funds?
2. who compared himself to joseph?
3. did he learn as he grow with his master?
4. did he take care of his master's property?
5. who was his master?
6. did he always employ Tom?
7. how often did he do so at first?
8. who tried to protect Tom?
9. did tom steal from st clare?
10. was he a christian?
11. who was employed by st clare before tom?
12. was he careless?
13. did tom take over his job?
14. did tom ever make his own suggestions?
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answer: 1. St. Clare
2. Tom
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. St. Clare
6. No
7. occasionally
8. Adolph
9. No
10. Yes
11. Adolph
12. Yes
13. yes
14. Yes

question: The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India). Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.

The earliest evidence of cotton use in South Asia has been found at the site of Mehrgarh, Pakistan, where cotton threads have been found preserved in copper beads; these finds have been dated to Neolithic (between 6000 and 5000 BCE). Cotton cultivation in the region is dated to the Indus Valley Civilization, which covered parts of modern eastern Pakistan and northwestern India between 3300 and 1300 BCE The Indus cotton industry was well-developed and some methods used in cotton spinning and fabrication continued to be used until the industrialization of India. Between 2000 and 1000 BC cotton became widespread across much of India. For example, it has been found at the site of Hallus in Karnataka dating from around 1000 BC.
1. Where was cotton used earliest?
2. What is the fiber usually spun into?
3. And what is it used to make?
4. Fabric discovered in Mexico was dated from when?
5. What is Ancient India now called?
6. Was there an invention that lowered production costs?
7. What was it?
8. What is the most commonly used material in clothing today?
9. Where was the earliest evidence of cotton being in use found?
10. At what particular site?
11. What have threads been found preserved in?
12. To what period have they been dated?
13. What is the range of years in that period?
14. When did cotton become common across India?
15. Has it been found in Karnataka?
16. At what location?
17. From what time?
18. Was cotton grown in the Indus Valley?
19. What parts did this Valley cover?
20. In what time period?
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answer: 1. since prehistoric times
2. into yarn or thread
3. a soft, breathable textile
4. from 5000 BC
5. modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India
6. yes
7. the cotton gin
8. cotton
9. South Asia
10. at the site of Mehrgarh, Pakistan
11. copper beads
12. to Neolithic
13. between 6000 and 5000 BCE
14. Between 2000 and 1000 BC
15. yes
16. at the site of Hallus
17. around 1000 BC
18. yes
19. parts of modern eastern Pakistan and northwestern India
20. between 3300 and 1300 BCE

question: The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

In 1066, William of Normandy introduced what, in later centuries, became referred to as a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief (a person who held land) and ecclesiastics before making laws. In 1215, the tenants-in-chief secured Magna Carta from King John, which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes (except the feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed), save with the consent of his royal council, which gradually developed into a parliament.

Over the centuries, the English Parliament progressively limited the power of the English monarchy which arguably culminated in the English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649. After the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, and the subsequent Glorious Revolution of 1688, the supremacy of Parliament was a settled principle and all future English and later British sovereigns were restricted to the role of constitutional monarchs with limited executive authority. The Act of Union 1707 merged the English Parliament with the Parliament of Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. When the Parliament of Ireland was abolished in 1801, its former members were merged into what was now called the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
1. what were they legislature for first
2. what time period did they become legislature for england
3. then what country did it become parliament for
4. after what
5. who introduced the feudal system
6. in what year
7. what was this system
8. when was magna carta secured
9. who secured it
10. from who
11. has parliament been limiting power of something
12. when did the English monarchy culminate
13. during what war
14. who was on trial at the time
15. who restored the monarchy
16. What merged two Parliaments together
17. what two parliaments were they
18. what was abolished in 1801
19. what are they now merged into
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answer:
1. Parliament of England
2. from the early 13th century until 1707
3. Great Britain
4. the political union of England and Scotland
5. , William of Normandy
6. 1066
7. he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief (a person who held land) and ecclesiastics before making laws
8. 1215
9. the tenants-in-chief
10. King John
11. The collection of taxes
12. 1649.
13. the English Civil War
14. Charles I
15. Charles II
16. The Act of Union 1707
17. the English Parliament with the Parliament of Scotland
18. the Parliament of Ireland
19. the Parliament of the United Kingdom.