Problem: The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mulhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on 4 January 1798. Alsace is frequently mentioned with and as part of Lorraine and the former duchy of Lorraine, since it was a vital part of the duchy, and later because German possession as the imperial province (Alsace-Lorraine, 18711918) was contested in the 19th and 20th centuries; France and Germany exchanged control of parts of Lorraine (including Alsace) four times in 75 years.

With the decline of the Roman Empire, Alsace became the territory of the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni were agricultural people, and their Germanic language formed the basis of modern-day dialects spoken along the Upper Rhine (Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss). Clovis and the Franks defeated the Alemanni during the 5th century AD, culminating with the Battle of Tolbiac, and Alsace became part of the Kingdom of Austrasia. Under Clovis' Merovingian successors the inhabitants were Christianized. Alsace remained under Frankish control until the Frankish realm, following the Oaths of Strasbourg of 842, was formally dissolved in 843 at the Treaty of Verdun; the grandsons of Charlemagne divided the realm into three parts. Alsace formed part of the Middle Francia, which was ruled by the youngest grandson Lothar I. Lothar died early in 855 and his realm was divided into three parts. The part known as Lotharingia, or Lorraine, was given to Lothar's son. The rest was shared between Lothar's brothers Charles the Bald (ruler of the West Frankish realm) and Louis the German (ruler of the East Frankish realm). The Kingdom of Lotharingia was short-lived, however, becoming the stem duchy of Lorraine in Eastern Francia after the Treaty of Ribemont in 880. Alsace was united with the other Alemanni east of the Rhine into the stem duchy of Swabia.
1. In antiquity Lorraine belonged to whom?
2. Who got them in 17th century?
3. What was its status then?
4. What became part of Alsace?
5. By what process?
6. When?
7. Whose part is it often mentioned?
8. Who got them later?
9. When?
10. What was its status then?
11. Did countries fight over it?
12. Which countries?
13. In which centuries?
14. Did it change hands?
15. How many times?
16. For how long?
17. What was the inhabitants profession in Roman Empire period?
18. How many parts Charlemagne divided the place?
19. How many brothers Lothar had?
20. What place Alsace united with then?
Answer: 1. he Germanic Alemanni
2. France
3. one of the provinces of France
4. the Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse
5. after a vote
6. on January 4, 1798
7. Alsace
8. Germany
9. 18711918
10. an imperial province
11. yes
12. France and Germany
13. in the 19th and 20th centuries
14. yes
15. four tiems
16. 75 years
17. agricultural
18. the grandsons of Charlemagne divided the realm into three parts
19. two
20. Alsace formed part of the Middle Francia

Problem: Jerusalem (CNN) -- A wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran died Wednesday, days after setting himself on fire in a protest over his economic situation, a spokeswoman for Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv said.

Akiva Mafa'i, who was badly injured two decades ago during his service in the Israel Defense Forces, had set himself alight Sunday.

The 45-year-old poured gasoline over his body and ignited it at a bus station in the town of Yehud. Passersby extinguished the flames with bottles of water and a fire extinguisher but he was left with 70% burns.

The veteran had spent four months in a coma at the Beer Sheva Medical Center after he was injured at age 23, according to local media reports. He was to be married a month after he was hurt but the marriage was canceled.

Mafa'i is the second person to die in a self-immolation in Israel in less than a week.

Moshe Silman, a bed-ridden member of a movement to lower the cost of living in Israel, set himself alight during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 14. He died two weeks later.

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According to local media reports, he left a note accusing the conservative Netanyahu government of "taking from the poor and giving to the rich." Israeli media have reported other suicide attempts apparently motivated by economic hardship.

The social protest movement has been gaining ground since large demonstrations were held in cities last summer, led by members of Israel's middle class, over soaring costs of living.
1. Where does this take place?
2. Where is Yehud?
3. On what day did he die?
4. How?
5. Did he pass away on the same day he did this?
6. Who reported the news?
7. From?
8. Located where?
9. What had he done about 20 years before?
10. While serving what branch?
11. Where did he light himself up?
12. How old was he?
13. Was he able to run around while burning?
14. Did someone put him out?
15. Who?
Answer:
1. Yehud.
2. Israel,
3. Wednesday
4. set himself on fire
5. No
6. a spokeswoman
7. Sheba Medical Center
8. Tel Aviv
9. He was badly
10. Israel Defense Forces
11. A bus station
12. 45
13. Unknown
14. Yes
15. Passersby