Problem: (CNN) -- The unexpected resignation of David Petraeus as head of the CIA must have come as a shock to many Americans, especially given his impeccable record as a distinguished military commander. But like the greatest heroes from Shakespeare, it would appear that he was not exempt from the time-honored temptations of human folly and self-destruction.

And now the plot is thickening, as details emerge that Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, is involved somehow in the scandal.

As Americans are coming to terms with the revelation of Petraeus' adultery, on the other side of the Atlantic, the feeling among the French can be summed up by a blase shrug.

Every time a steamy sexual intrigue is laid bare near the corridors of Washington power, the French don't see what all the fuss is about. It's only sex, after all. It's impossible to imagine a French political leader resigning because of an extramarital indiscretion. If this rule were observed, the French parliament would be nearly vacant.

The Petraeus affair: A lot more than sex

The past five French presidents are known to have had at least one -- and in some cases, many more -- mistresses throughout their political career. The current resident of the Elysee Palace, Francois Hollande, has been caught in the middle of an embarrassing dispute between his previous and current female companions. The French, long used to regarding their leaders with cynical detachment, have been following this tormented domestic feud with interest and maybe some contempt.
1. Who was head of the CIA?
2. Is he still in charge?
3. What happened?
4. Who is in charge of US and NATO troops?
5. In which country?
6. How do the French feel about these events?
7. Where does the French president live?
8. How many French presidents haven't been faithful?
9. Have any had more than one mistress?
10. Who is the current president?
11. How could Petraeus's record be characterized?
12. What country is Petraeus from?
13. How many temptations are mentioned?
14. What's the first one?
15. And the second?
16. How many other people are in Hollande's dispute?
17. Who is one?
18. And the other?
19. How does Hollande feel about it?
20. Is it a domestic or international feud?
Answer: 1. David Petraeus
2. no
3. adultery
4. Gen. John Allen
5. Afghanistan
6. they don't see what all the fuss is about.
7. Elysee Palace
8. 6 including the current
9. yes
10. Francois Hollande,
11. a distinguished military commander.
12. America
13. Two
14. human folly
15. self-destruction
16. Two
17. previous female companion
18. current female companion
19. embarrassed
20. domestic

Problem: CHAPTER VII--OLD JOLYON'S PECCADILLO

Old Jolyon came out of Lord's cricket ground that same afternoon with the intention of going home. He had not reached Hamilton Terrace before he changed his mind, and hailing a cab, gave the driver an address in Wistaria Avenue. He had taken a resolution.

June had hardly been at home at all that week; she had given him nothing of her company for a long time past, not, in fact, since she had become engaged to Bosinney. He never asked her for her company. It was not his habit to ask people for things! She had just that one idea now--Bosinney and his affairs--and she left him stranded in his great house, with a parcel of servants, and not a soul to speak to from morning to night. His Club was closed for cleaning; his Boards in recess; there was nothing, therefore, to take him into the City. June had wanted him to go away; she would not go herself, because Bosinney was in London.

But where was he to go by himself? He could not go abroad alone; the sea upset his liver; he hated hotels. Roger went to a hydropathic--he was not going to begin that at his time of life, those new-fangled places we're all humbug!

With such formulas he clothed to himself the desolation of his spirit; the lines down his face deepening, his eyes day by day looking forth with the melancholy which sat so strangely on a face wont to be strong and serene.
1. What effect did the sea have upon Jolyon?
2. Did he enjoy hotels?
3. Did he have much faith in a hydropathic?
4. What unflattering term did he think of them as?
5. Was there joy behind his stare?
6. What emotion there lay?
7. In what emotion did he dress himself in?
8. Was his face as smooth as part of a baby?
9. What was down his face?
10. Where had he come out of?
11. Whose?
12. When?
13. What had been his goal at the time?
14. Did he accomplish that?
15. Why not?
16. How far had he gotten before doing that?
17. What did he do instead?
18. What did he give the driver?
19. For where?
20. Had June been home a lot?
21. Did she enjoy taking in the soccer matches?
22. Had she spent much time with Jolyon of late?
23. Who was her attention focused on?
24. Since when?
25. Did Jolyon ever ask for her company?
26. Why not?
27. Was anyone else with Jolyon in his home?
28. Who?
29. How many?
30. Did he consider them good conversation?
31. Was his club open?
32. Why not?
33. And his Board?
34. Did he have any reason to go into the City?
35. Could June go?
36. Where was Bosinney?
Answer:
1. upset his liver
2. No
3. No
4. humbug
5. No
6. melancholy
7. desolation
8. No
9. lines
10. a cricket ground
11. Lord's
12. that same afternoon
13. going home
14. No
15. He changed his mind
16. Not yet reached Hamilton Terrace
17. hailed a cab
18. an address
19. Wistaria Avenue
20. No
21. unknown
22. No
23. Bosinney
24. Becoming engaged to him
25. No
26. It wasn't his habit to
27. Yes
28. servants
29. a parcel worth
30. No
31. No
32. closed for cleaning
33. in recess
34. No
35. No
36. London