question: The PlayStation Portable (PSP) ( ) is a handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the handheld was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E32004. The system was released in Japan on , 2004, in North America on , 2005, and in the PAL region on , 2005. It primarily competed with the Nintendo DS, as part of the seventh generation of video games consoles.

The PlayStation Portable became the most powerful portable system when launched, just after the Nintendo DS in 2004. It was the first real competitor to Nintendo's handheld domination, where many challengers, such as SNK's Neo Geo Pocket and Nokia's N-Gage, failed. Its GPU encompassed high-end graphics on a handheld, while its 4.3 inch viewing screen and multi-media capabilities, such as its video player and TV tuner, made the PlayStation Portable a major mobile entertainment device at the time. It also features connectivity with the PlayStation 3, other PSPs and the Internet. It is the only handheld console to use an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its primary storage medium.

The original PSP model (PSP-1000) was replaced by a slimmer model with design changes (PSP-2000/"Slim & Lite") in 2007. Another remodeling followed in 2008, PSP-3000, which included a new screen and an inbuilt microphone. A complete redesign, PSP Go, came in 2009, followed by a budget model, PSP-E1000, in 2011. The PSP line was succeeded by the PlayStation Vita, released in December 2011 in Japan, and in February 2012 worldwide. The PlayStation Vita features backward compatibility with many PlayStation Portable games digitally released on the PlayStation Network, via PlayStation Store. As of 2017, this is the primary method to purchase PlayStation Portable games digitally because Sony shut down direct access to the PlayStation Store via PSP on March 31, 2016. Shipments of PlayStation Portable hardware ended throughout 2014 worldwide, having sold 80 million units in its 10-year lifetime. Worldwide production of software UMDs ended when the last Japanese factory closed by the end of 2016.
1. When was the PlayStation Portable released?
2. Was it the least powerful at that time?
3. What came out just prior to it?
4. What size was the screen?
5. Could it play movies?
6. How?
7. Could you watch TV with it?
8. How?
9. What type of disc format did it use?
10. What type of storage did it utilize?
11. What does that stand for?
12. Who made the PlayStation?
13. When was PSP Go released?
14. When did the Vita get released in the US?
15. Is it backward compatible?
16. Could it play games downloaded digitally?
17. From where?
18. Through what other site?
19. Is the PlayStation Store still usable directly?
20. When did it end?
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answer: 1. 2004.
2. No.
3. Nintendo DS.
4. 4.3 inch.
5. Yes.
6. Video player.
7. Yes.
8. TV tuner.
9. Optical.
10. UMD.
11. Universal Media Disc.
12. Sony.
13. 2009.
14. February 2012.
15. Yes.
16. Yes.
17. PlayStation Network,
18. PlayStation Store.
19. No.
20. March 31, 2016.

question: CHAPTER 19

JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL

1 October, 5 A.M.--I went with the party to the search with an easy mind, for I think I never saw Mina so absolutely strong and well. I am so glad that she consented to hold back and let us men do the work. Somehow, it was a dread to me that she was in this fearful business at all, but now that her work is done, and that it is due to her energy and brains and foresight that the whole story is put together in such a way that every point tells, she may well feel that her part is finished, and that she can henceforth leave the rest to us. We were, I think, all a little upset by the scene with Mr. Renfield. When we came away from his room we were silent till we got back to the study.

Then Mr. Morris said to Dr. Seward, "Say, Jack, if that man wasn't attempting a bluff, he is about the sanest lunatic I ever saw. I'm not sure, but I believe that he had some serious purpose, and if he had, it was pretty rough on him not to get a chance."

Lord Godalming and I were silent, but Dr. Van Helsing added, "Friend John, you know more lunatics than I do, and I'm glad of it, for I fear that if it had been to me to decide I would before that last hysterical outburst have given him free. But we live and learn, and in our present task we must take no chance, as my friend Quincey would say. All is best as they are."
1. what did Quincey say?
2. who agreed to hold back?
3. is she weak?
4. is she sick?
5. then what?
6. what kind of business is she in?
7. were they happy with Mr. Renfield?
8. where did they go to after his room?
9. were they chatty along the way?
10. who is talking to Jack?
11. what did he say the man was trying?
12. the story came together because of who?
13. what about her?
14. What did Van Helsing say?
15. were they going to take a chance?
16. who thought he had a purpose?
17. did he get a chance?
18. was Mina going to leave any work for the other people?
19. in what way was the story put?
20. when did this happen?
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answer: 1. All is best as they are."
2. Mina
3. no
4. no
5. strong and well
6. fearful
7. no
8. the study.
9. no
10. Mr. Morris
11. a bluff,
12. Mina
13. her energy and brains and foresight
14. Friend John, you know more lunatics than I do
15. no
16. Mr. Morris
17. no
18. yes
19. a way that every point tells,
20. 1 October,

question: Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship ("province") with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River, and is located approximately to the southeast of Warsaw by road.

One of the events that greatly contributed to the city's development was the Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo in 1385. Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location on the route between Vilnius and Krakow; the inhabitants also had the privilege of free trade in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Lublin Parliament session of 1569 led to the creation of a real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, thus creating the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lublin also witnessed the early stages of Reformation in the 16th century. A Calvinist congregation was founded and certain groups of radical Arians also appeared in the city, making it an important global centre of Arianism. At the turn of the centuries, Lublin was also recognized for hosting a number of outstanding poets, writers and historians of the epoch.
1. Which city is the subject of the article?
2. What country is it in?
3. How big is it, in terms of rankings?
4. What city is it near?
5. What is it the capital of?
6. When was that figure collected?
7. On what date, was the population of the city estimated?
8. What was one event that made a large contribution to its development?
9. When did that happen?
10. Did the city do well as a trading hub?
11. Why?
12. What other advantage did its residents enjoy?
13. What parliamentary event happened there?
14. Which countries did that unite?
15. What entity did that unification create?
16. What religious event was the region witness to?
17. What other religion formed a branch there?
18. What other movement was it of importance to?
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answer:
1. Lublin
2. Poland
3. largest Polish city east of the Vistula River
4. Warsaw
5. Lublin Voivodeship
6. unknown
7. March 2011
8. Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo
9. 1385
10. yes
11. its strategic location
12. free trade
13. Parliament session of 1569
14. Crown of the Kingdom and the Grand Duchy
15. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
16. Reformation
17. A Calvinist congregation
18. Arianism.