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Alabama () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.

Alabama is nicknamed the "Yellowhammer State", after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. Alabama's capital is Montgomery. The largest city by population is Birmingham, which has long been the most industrialized city; the largest city by land area is Huntsville. The oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana.

From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many states in the southern U.S., suffered economic hardship, in part because of its continued dependence on agriculture. Like other southern states, Alabama legislators disfranchised African Americans and many poor whites at the turn of the century. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature from 1901 to the 1960s; urban interests and African Americans were markedly under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama grew as the state's economy changed from one primarily based on agriculture to one with diversified interests. The state economy in the 21st century is based on management, automotive, finance, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.
1. What is Alabama's nickname?
2. Where does it's nickname come from?
3. Does it have any other nicknames?
4. Any more?
5. Where in the U.S is it?
6. What borders it's north?
7. Does it border California?
8. Where does it border Georgia?
9. What is it's capital?
10. Is that it's largest city?
11. What is?
12. What is it's oldest city?
13. Do they have a state tree?
14. What is it?
15. What is their state flower?
16. Did they ever suffer economic issues?
17. What was the reason?
18. Did they disfranchise black people?
19. When did the state grow?

Numbered answers:
1. "Yellowhammer State"
2. the state bird
3. "Heart of Dixie"
4. Yes
5. southeastern region
6. Tennessee
7. No
8. to the east
9. Montgomery
10. No
11. Birmingham
12. Mobile
13. Yes
14. longleaf pine
15. camellia
16. Yes
17. dependence on agriculture.
18. Yes
19. Following World War II

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Chapter 61

Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy, may be guessed. I wish I could say, for the sake of her family, that the accomplishment of her earnest desire in the establishment of so many of her children produced so happy an effect as to make her a sensible, amiable, well-informed woman for the rest of her life; though perhaps it was lucky for her husband, who might not have relished domestic felicity in so unusual a form, that she still was occasionally nervous and invariably silly.

Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.

Mr. Bingley and Jane remained at Netherfield only a twelvemonth. So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to _his_ easy temper, or _her_ affectionate heart. The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified; he bought an estate in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire, and Jane and Elizabeth, in addition to every other source of happiness, were within thirty miles of each other.

Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid. From the further disadvantage of Lydia's society she was of course carefully kept, and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited her to come and stay with her, with the promise of balls and young men, her father would never consent to her going.
1. who did Mr. Bennet miss?
2. who got rid of her two daughters?
3. who did Mrs. Wickham invite to come stay with her?
4. who did kitty spend time with?
5. did she have as bad a temper as Lydia?
6. was she as irritable?
7. did Mr. Bennet like going to Pemberley?
8. when?
9. who did Mrs. Bennet visit?
10. who did they talk about?
11. who had stayed at Netherfield?
12. did anyone else stay there?
13. for how long?
14. where were they close to?
15. where did Mr. Bingley buy an estate?
16. was he close to Jane and Elizabeth?
17. how near were they?

Numbered answers:
1. his second daughter exceedingly
2. Mrs. Bennet
3. Lydia
4. her two elder sisters
5. no
6. no
7. yes
8. when he was least expected
9. Mrs. Bingley
10. Mrs. Darcy
11. Mr. Bingley
12. Jane
13. only a twelvemonth
14. her mother and Meryton
15. in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire
16. yes
17. they were within thirty miles of each other

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Occitan, also known as lenga d'oc by its native speakers, is a Romance language. It is spoken in southern France, Italy's Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spain's Val d'Aran; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania. Occitan is also spoken in the linguistic enclave of Guardia Piemontese (Calabria, Italy). However, there is controversy about the unity of the language, as some think that Occitan is a macrolanguage. Others include Catalan in this family, as the distance between this language and some Occitan dialects (such as the Gascon language) is similar to the distance among different Occitan dialects. In fact, Catalan was considered an Occitan dialect until the end of the 19th century.

Today, Occitan is an official language in Catalonia, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese is spoken in the Val d'Aran. Occitan's closest relative is Catalan. Since September 2010, the Parliament of Catalonia has considered Aranese Occitan to be the officially preferred language for use in the Val d'Aran.

Across history, the terms Limousin ("Lemosin"), Languedocien ("Lengadocian"), Gascon, and later Provencal ("Provencal", "Provencau" or "Prouvencau") have been used as synonyms for the whole of Occitan; nowadays, "Provencal" is understood mainly as the Occitan dialect spoken in Provence.
1. What is Occitan the official language of?
2. What subdialect is spoken there?
3. What is Occitan known as by native speakers?
4. What type of language is it?
5. Where is it spoken?
6. Where else?
7. Anywhere else?
8. Where?
9. What are these areas sometimes called?
10. Is there controversy about the language?
11. What kind?
12. What do some think?
13. What about others?
14. What do they think it is similar to?
Numbered answers:
1. Catalonia
2. Aranese
3. lenga d'oc
4. a Romance language
5. in southern France
6. Italy's Occitan Valleys
7. yes
8. Monaco and Spain's Val d'Aran
9. Occitania
10. yes
11. about the unity of the language
12. that Occitan is a macrolanguage
13. some include Catalan in this family
14. the distance among different Occitan dialects