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Though the jongejuffrouw seemed inexpressibly tired and weak, her attitude toward Diogenes lost nothing of its cold aloofness. She was peeping out under the hood of the sledge when he approached it, and at sight of him she immediately drew in her head.

"Will you deign to descend, mejuffrouw," he said with that slight tone of good-humoured mockery in his voice which had the power to irritate her. "Mynheer Ben Isaje, whose hospitality you will enjoy this night, lives some way up this narrow, insalubrious street, and he has bidden me to escort you to his house."

Silently, and with a great show of passive obedience, Gilda made ready to step out of the sledge.

"Come, Maria," she said curtly.

"The road is very slippery, mejuffrouw," he added warningly, "will you not permit me--for your own convenience' sake--to carry you as far as Ben Isaje's door?"

"It would not be for my convenience, sir," she retorted haughtily, "an you are so chivalrously inclined perhaps you would kindly convey my waiting woman thither in your arms."

"At your service, mejuffrouw," he said with imperturbable good temper.

And without more ado, despite her screams and her struggles, he seized Maria round her ample waist and round her struggling knees at the moment that she was stepping out of the sledge in the wake of her mistress.

The lamp outside the hostel at the corner illumined for a moment Gilda's pale, wearied face, and Diogenes saw that she was trying her best to suppress an insistent outburst of laughter.

Answer the following questions:
1. What had Gilda been riding in?
2. Who did she see from in there?
3. Was her attitude towards him warm?
4. How did she feel about his tone of voice?
5. What does Diogenes ask Gilda if he can do?
6. carry her where?
7. Who is Ben Isaje?
8. Why does Diogenes offer to carry Gilda?
9. Does she accept his offer?
10. Does he carry someone else instead?
11. Who?
12. Who was Maria?
13. Does Diogenes complain about this?
14. What did Gilda think about this scene?
15. Does Ben Isaje live on a large street?
16. Did Gilda seem to be full of energy?
17. What did she do when she saw Diogenes from the sledge?
18. Does Gilda know Ben Isaje?
19. What did Maria do when Diogenes lifted her?
20. Did she leave the sledge before or after Gilda?
A: 1. a sledge
2. Diogenes
3. no
4. she thought it was irritating
5. to carry her
6. to Ben Isaje's door
7. Gilda's host that night
8. The road is very slippery
9. No
10. Yes
11. Maria
12. Gilda's waiting woman
13. No
14. She found it humorous
15. No
16. No
17. she immediately drew in her head
18. unknown
19. she screamed and struggled
20. after

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Rhine (Romansh: Rein, German: Rhein, French: le Rhin, Dutch: Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubunden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-Liechtenstein border, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. The biggest city on the river Rhine is Cologne, Germany with a population of more than 1,050,000 people. It is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi),[note 2][note 1] with an average discharge of about 2,900 m3/s (100,000 cu ft/s).

The variant forms of the name of the Rhine in modern languages are all derived from the Gaulish name Renos, which was adapted in Roman-era geography (1st century BC) as Greek (Rhenos), Latin Rhenus.[note 3] The spelling with Rh- in English Rhine as well as in German Rhein and French Rhin is due to the influence of Greek orthography, while the vocalisation -i- is due to the Proto-Germanic adoption of the Gaulish name as *Rinaz, via Old Frankish giving Old English Rin, Old High German Rin, Dutch Rijn (formerly also spelled Rhijn)). The diphthong in modern German Rhein (also adopted in Romansh Rein, Rain) is a Central German development of the early modern period, the Alemannic name Ri(n) retaining the older vocalism,[note 4] as does Ripuarian Rhing, while Palatine has diphthongized Rhei, Rhoi. Spanish is with French in adopting the Germanic vocalism Rin-, while Italian, Occitan and Portuguese retain the Latin Ren-.

1. Do all modern languages spell the name of the Rhine the same way?
2. What continent is the Rhine in?
3. What country does it begin in?
4. What country does it end in?
5. What body of water does it end in?
6. What city is the largest one on the banks of the Rhine?
7. What country is that in?
8. Is the Rhine the largest river in Europe?
9. What number in ranking is it?
10. Which is first?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. definitely not
2. Europe
3. Switzerland
4. the Netherlands
5. the North Sea
6. Cologne
7. Germany
8. no
9. number two
10. r the Danube

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Robert Spring, a 19

century forger ,was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he became rich by selling his small but real collection of early U.S. autographs . Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George. Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection , he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale.

Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't deal with a respectable buyer but people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemical.

In Spring's time right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts . Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.

1. What was Robert Spring good at?
2. When was he born?
3. Where?
4. Did he stay there?
5. Where did he move?
6. When?
7. Why?
8. Where did he send his "work"?
9. Why?
10. Who "sold" them ?
11. And she was suppose to be who?
12. Why was she selling?
13. Was there a big demand?
14. Was everything he sold a forgery?
15. Who were some of the people he copied?
16. Was he rich at one time?
17. Did he die rich?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. selling false signatures
2. 1813
3. England
4. no
5. Philadelphia
6. 1858
7. open a bookstore
8. England and Canada
9. lessen the chance of detection
10. Miss Fanny
11. only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson
12. financial problems
13. yes
14. no
15. George. Washington and Ben Franklin
16. yes
17. no