question: The Hellenistic period covers the period of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year. At this time, Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, Africa and Asia, experiencing prosperity and progress in the arts, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, and science. For example, competitive public games took place, ideas in biology, and popular entertainment in theaters. It is often considered a period of transition, sometimes even of decadence or degeneration, compared to the enlightenment of the Greek Classical era. The Hellenistic period saw the rise of New Comedy, Alexandrian poetry, the Septuagint and the philosophies of Stoicism and Epicureanism. Greek Science was advanced by the works of the mathematician Euclid and the polymath Archimedes. The religious sphere expanded to include new gods such as the Greco-Egyptian Serapis, eastern deities such as Attis and Cybele and the Greek adoption of Buddhism.
1. What is the main topic?
2. Whos history does it cover?
3. Were sports played?
4. What else did this period see a rise of?
5. Did this include religion?
6. Can you name one?
7. And from the east?
8. Did they adopt any other beliefs?
9. What was this considered a period of?
10. Were they moral?
11. Who died in 323?
12. What countries power and influence peaked during this time?
13. What happened in 31?
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answer: 1. The Hellenistic period
2. Ancient Greek (Hellenic) and Mediterranean history
3. Yes, there were competitive public games
4. the arts, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, and science
5. The religious sphere expanded to include new gods
6. Serapis
7. Attis and Cybele
8. Buddhism
9. transition, sometimes even decadence or degeneration
10. unknown
11. Alexander the Great
12. Greece
13. The Battle of Actium

question: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.

TELLS OF DESPAIR AND A WILD PURSUIT.

On discovering that Nunaga and the children were not at Moss Bay, and that there were no fresh sledge tracks in that region to tell of their whereabouts, Simek drove back to the village at a wild scamper, in a state of mind very much the reverse of jovial. His hope was that the girl might have been to some other locality, and had perhaps returned during his absence; but the first glance at Nuna put that hope to flight, for the poor woman was in a state of terrible anxiety.

Cheery little Kunelik and her mild son did their best to comfort her, but without success, for she knew well the determined character of the man who had probably carried off her children.

"Has she not come back?" demanded Simek, appearing, like an infuriated Polar bear, at the inside opening of the passage to Okiok's mansion.

"No," gasped Nuna.

Simek said no more, but backed out faster than he had come in. Ippegoo followed him.

"Run, Ippe; tell all the men to get all their sledges and dogs ready, and come here to me."

Ippegoo ran off at once, while the energetic hunter rearranged the fastenings of his own sledge and team as if for a long journey.

He was thus engaged when Okiok and Angut were seen approaching the village at an easy trot. Evidently they knew nothing of what had occurred. Simek ran out to meet them. A few words sufficed to explain. The news seemed to stun both men at first, but the after-effect on each was wonderfully different. The blood rushed to Okiok's face like a torrent. He clenched his hands and teeth, glared and stamped, and went on like one deranged--as indeed for the moment he was. Angut, on the other hand, was perfectly self-possessed and subdued, but his heaving chest, quivering nostrils, compressed lips, and frowning brows told that a volcano of emotion raged within.
1. What was Simek's state of mind?
2. Who was in a state of anxiets?
3. Who had been comforting her?
4. Who was missing?
5. Why was she inconsolable?
6. Who followed him out of Nuna's house?
7. What was he instructed to do?
8. where to?
9. Who was seen arriving in the town?
10. What did Simek do when he saw them?
11. Did they know what had happened?
12. Did he tell them?
13. What was their first reaction?
14. How did Okiok look?
15. how did ANgut react?
16. What gave away his emotions?
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answer: 1. in reverse of jovial
2. Nuna
3. Kunelik and her son
4. her children
5. she knew the character of the man who took her children.
6. Ippegoo
7. Run
8. tell the men to get their sledges and dogs
9. Okiok and Angut
10. ran out to meet them
11. No
12. Yes
13. stunned
14. like one deranged
15. perfectly self-possessed and subdued
16. heaving chest, quivering nostrils, compressed lips, and frowning brows

question: CHAPTER XXXVI

THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED

There seemed for the next few minutes to be a somewhat singular abstention from any desire to interfere with the two people who stood in the centre of the little group, hand-in-hand. Saton, after his first speech, and after Lois had given him her hands, had turned a little defiantly toward Rochester, who remained, however, unmoved, his elbow resting upon the broad mantelpiece, his face almost expressionless. Vandermere, too, stood on one side and held his peace, though the effort with which he did so was a visible one. Lady Mary looked anxiously towards them. Pauline had shrunk back, as though something in the situation terrified her.

Even Saton himself felt that it was the silence before the storm. The courage which he had summoned up to meet a storm of disapproval, began to ebb slowly away in the face of this unnatural silence. It was clear that the onus of further speech was to rest with him.

Still retaining Lois' hand, he turned toward Rochester.

"You have forbidden me to enter your house, or to hold any communication with your ward until she was of age, Mr. Rochester," he said. "One of your conditions I have obeyed. With regard to the other, I have done as I thought fit. However, to-day she is her own mistress. She has consented to be my wife. I do not need to ask for your consent or approval. If you are not willing that she should be married from your roof, I can take her at once to the Comtesse, who is prepared to receive her."
1. Who thought there was a silence before the storm?
2. Who was forbidden to enter the house?
3. Whose house was it?
4. Who stood in the centre of the group?
5. Were they holding hands?
6. Whose elbow was on the mantlpiece?
7. Did he look mad?
8. What did his face look like?
9. Who looked anxiously at them?
10. And who else stood on the side, holding his peace?
11. Had Lois consented to be Saton's wife?
12. Did he still need Rochester's approval?
13. Where would they go if they couldn't be married there?
14. What chapter is this?
15. What's the name of it?
16. What seemed to ebb slowly away in the silence?
17. Did something terrify Mary?
18. Who seemed terrified?
19. Who did the onus of more speech rest with?
20. How many conditions did Saton obey?
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answer:
1. Saton
2. Saton
3. Mr. Rochester
4. Saton and Lois
5. yes
6. Rochester
7. no
8. expressionless
9. Mary
10. Vandermere
11. yes
12. no
13. the Comtesse
14. XXXVI
15. THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED
16. courage
17. No
18. Pauline
19. Saton
20. One