input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The Continental Army was created on 14 June 1775 by the Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander. The army was initially led by men who had served in the British Army or colonial militias and who brought much of British military heritage with them. As the Revolutionary War progressed, French aid, resources, and military thinking influenced the new army. A number of European soldiers came on their own to help, such as Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who taught the army Prussian tactics and organizational skills.

The Vietnam War is often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army due to the use of drafted personnel, the unpopularity of the war with the American public, and frustrating restrictions placed on the military by American political leaders. While American forces had been stationed in the Republic of Vietnam since 1959, in intelligence & advising/training roles, they did not deploy in large numbers until 1965, after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. American forces effectively established and maintained control of the "traditional" battlefield, however they struggled to counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics of the communist Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. On a tactical level, American soldiers (and the U.S. military as a whole) did not lose a sizable battle. 1. Was the Vietnam war popular with American citizens?
2. Who placed restrictions on the military during this time?
3. In what year did forces began deploying in masse?
4. After what event?
5. How many meaningful battles did the Americans lose?
6. In what area of battle did the Americans struggle?
7. Used by whom?
8. What was regarded as an American military low point?
9. What controversial way did the U.S. recruit soldiers?
10. Why had a small number of U.S. forces been stationed in Vietnam as early as 1959?
numbered_answers: 1. no
2. American political leaders
3. 1965
4. after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
5. none
6. counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics
7. Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army
8. The Vietnam War
9. draft
10. in intelligence & advising/training roles

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Antwerp is a Flemish city in Belgium, the capital of Antwerp province in the community of Flanders. With a population of 510,610, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium. Its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, which is second behind Brussels.

Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary. It is about north from Brussels, and about from the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, it has been derelict since 1997.

Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) in the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed "Sinjoren", after the Spanish honorific "senor" or French "seigneur", "lord", referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. Today Antwerp is a major trade and cultural centre, and is the world's second most multi-cultural city (after Amsterdam) home to 170 nationalities. It is also known as the "diamond capital" of the world for its large diamond district. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics. 1. Which city is this article talking about?
2. What's its population?
3. Where exactly is it located?
4. North from where?
5. At what number is it ranked globally?
6. and in Europe?
7. What are its inhabitants called?
8. What did the city host?
9. Which border is near it?
10. Was it famous for having the oldest stock exchange building?
11. originally constructed when?
12. and rebuilt again in?
numbered_answers: 1. Antwerp
2. 510,610
3. on the River Scheldt
4. Brussels
5. within the top 20
6. second
7. Sinjoren
8. the 1920 Summer Olympics
9. the Dutch border
10. Yes
11. 1531
12. 1872

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER II

HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY"

"You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends. I have nothing official to say to you. It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government. But one learns to read the signs of the times. I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."

"It is a positive luxury at times," Redford answered, "to be able to indulge in absolute candour. We cannot last the session. You pulled us through our last tight corner, but we shall part, I suppose, on the New Tenement Bill, and then we shall come a cropper."

Mannering nodded.

"The Opposition," he said, "are not strong enough to form a Government alone. And I do not think that a one-man Cabinet would be popular. It has been suggested to me that at no time in political history have the conditions been more favourable for a really strong coalition Government, containing men of moderate views on both sides. I am anxious to know whether you would be willing to join such a combination."

"Under whom?" Lord Redford asked.

"Under myself," Mannering answered, gravely. "Don't think me over-presumptuous. The matter has been very carefully thought out. You could not serve under Rushleigh, nor could he serve under you. But you could both be invaluable members of a Cabinet of which I was the nominal head. I do not wish to entrap you into consent, however, without your fully understanding this: a modified, and to a certain extent an experimental, scheme of tariff reform would be part of our programme." 1. Were the two men having a conversation on the record?
2. What was the name of the man who started the discussion?
3. Who was the man responding to him?
4. Was the second man a noble?
5. Did he believe his party would endure the term?
6. Where did he believe his party and the other man's, would differ?
7. Was he grateful for the chance to be honest?
8. Did the first man say it was time for certain action?
9. Did he thing the opposing party was strong?
10. What did he suggest wouldn't be popular?
11. What did he believe circumstances favored?
12. With what kind of membership?
13. Was he relaxed?
14. What did he want to know?
15. Who did he suggest would lead it?
16. Was the plan hastily decided?
17. Who did he suggest Redford would be unable to work for?
18. Did he believe the reverse was true as well?
19. How did he characterize the value of their service to him?
20. What vehicle left as the conversation began?
numbered_answers:
1. No.
2. Mannering
3. Redford
4. Yes.
5. No.
6. on the New Tenement Bill
7. Yes.
8. No.
9. No.
10. a one-man Cabinet
11. a really strong coalition Government
12. men of moderate views
13. No.
14. whether Redford would be willing to join such a combination
15. Himself.
16. No.
17. Rushleigh
18. Yes.
19. invaluable
20. the brougham