Part 1. Definition
You are given a paragraph, a question and some answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D", etc.) You need to list all the correct answer options with their associated letters (e.g. "A" can be a valid answer). Note that sometimes, more than one option can answer the question correctly and completely. In those cases, please generate all such options separated by a comma (e.g. "A, B" is a valid answer). Do not generate anything else apart from one or more of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D', etc.
Part 2. Example
Paragraph- Sent 1: Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sent 2: He is the only President to have been born in Hawaii.
Sent 3: He was born to a white mother and a black father.
Sent 4: His mother, Ann Dunham (1942-1995), was born in Wichita, Kansas, of mostly English descent, with some German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss, and Welsh ancestry. Question: How old was Obama's mother when he was born? (A) teenager (B) in his 40s (C) mid 20s (D) almost twenty.
Answer: D.
Explanation: Obama was born in 1961. His mother was born in 1942 and 1961-1942=19. Therefore, "almost twenty" answers the question sufficiently.
Part 3. Exercise
Paragraph- Sent 1: The French have always wanted to know what it means to be aFrenchman.
Sent 2: Their history has been a constant quest for national identity: a conflict between strong regional loyalties and central authority.
Sent 3: In about 2000b.c.
Sent 4: Celtic tribes probably from eastern Europe came looking for greener pastures in the areas that are now Franche-Comte, Alsace, and Burgundy.
Sent 5: At the same time, migrants from the Mediterranean countries were trickling into the south.
Sent 6: The first recorded settlement was the trading post set up by Phocaean Greeks from Asia Minor at Massalia (Marseilles) around 600b.c.
Sent 7: , followed by other ports at Hyeres, Antibes, and Nice.
Sent 8: But the Greeks developed few contacts with the interior beyond a little commerce in olives and wine with the Celts of Burgundy.
Sent 9: When their position was threatened by Ligurian pirates at sea and warlike tribes from inland, the merchants of Marseilles called on Rome for help.
Sent 10: From Gaul to France In 125b.c.
Sent 11: , the Romans came in force, conquered the "Gallic barbarians," and set up a fortress at Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence).
Sent 12: They took advantage of this new stronghold to create Provincia (now Provence), stretching from the Alps to the Pyrenees, in order to guarantee communications between Italy and Spain.
Sent 13: When this province was endangered by fresh attacks from the north, Julius Caesar himself took charge, conquering practically the whole of Gaul by 50b.c.
Sent 14: Caesar drew Gaul's northeastern frontier at the Rhine, taking in present-day Belgium, and warned that the Germanic tribes across the river the Franks (after whom France is named), Alamans, and Saxons would always threaten the security of the frontier.
Sent 15: The Romanization of Gaul sent the most energetic warriors to defend the outposts of the empire while their families settled down to work the land or build towns such as Lyon, Orange, Arles, and Nimes, and the first great highways between them.
Sent 16: At the same time, merchants built up a thriving trade with the rest of the Roman Empire.
Sent 17: The pattern for the peasantry and bourgeoisie of France was thus established.
Sent 18: Christianity was introduced into Gaul in the first century a.d.
Question: In what year did the Romans travel from Gual to France? (A) 50 B.C (B) 50bc (C) 50ac (D) 125 BC (E) 50b.c (F) 125b.c.
Answer:
B, D, F.