Problem: CHAPTER XXXI

Duly shaved with one of Stanley's razors, bathed, and breakfasted, Felix was on the point of getting into the car to return to Joyfields when he received a message from his mother: Would he please go up and see her before he went?

He found her looking anxious and endeavoring to conceal it.

Having kissed him, she drew him to her sofa and said: "Now, darling, come and sit down here, and tell me all about this DREADFUL business." And taking up an odorator she blew over him a little cloud of scent. "It's quite a new perfume; isn't it delicious?"

Felix, who dreaded scent, concealed his feelings, sat down, and told her. And while he told her he was conscious of how pathetically her fastidiousness was quivering under those gruesome details--fighting with policemen, fighting with common men, prison--FOR A LADY; conscious too of her still more pathetic effort to put a good face on it. When he had finished she remained so perfectly still, with lips so hard compressed, that he said:

"It's no good worrying, Mother."

Frances Freeland rose, pulled something hard, and a cupboard appeared. She opened it, and took out a travelling-bag.

"I must go back with you at once," she said.

"I don't think it's in the least necessary, and you'll only knock yourself up."

"Oh, nonsense, darling! I must."

Knowing that further dissuasion would harden her determination, Felix said: "I'm going in the car."

"That doesn't matter. I shall be ready in ten minutes. Oh! and do you know this? It's splendid for taking lines out under the eyes!" She was holding out a little round box with the lid off. "Just wet your finger with it, and dab it gently on."
1. Where is Felix going back to?
2. How is he traveling?
3. What stopped him from leaving?
4. From who?
5. What does she want?
6. Does Felix like perfume?
7. Does his mother know that?
8. What did she spray at him?
9. what was holding it?
10. Does she like the smell?
11. Does she like to travel by car?
12. What does she want to know about?
13. What does she want him to talk about?
14. Are they standing up?
15. what are they seated on?
16. Was someone fighting?
17. With who?
18. Anyone else?
19. Who?
20. Is she planing on riding back to Joyfields with him?
Answer: 1. Joyfields
2. car
3. he received a message
4. his mother
5. to see her
6. no
7. no
8. cloud of scent.
9. an odorator
10. yes
11. no
12. Would he go see her before he went
13. DREADFUL business
14. no
15. sofa
16. yes
17. policemen
18. yes
19. common men
20. yes

Problem: Since the 19th century, the built-up area of Paris has grown far beyond its administrative borders; together with its suburbs, the whole agglomeration has a population of 10,550,350 (Jan. 2012 census). Paris' metropolitan area spans most of the Paris region and has a population of 12,341,418 (Jan. 2012 census), or one-fifth of the population of France. The administrative region covers 12,012 km (4,638 mi), with approximately 12 million inhabitants as of 2014, and has its own regional council and president.

Paris is the home of the most visited art museum in the world, the Louvre, as well as the Musee d'Orsay, noted for its collection of French Impressionist art, and the Musee National d'Art Moderne, a museum of modern and contemporary art. The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include Notre Dame Cathedral (12th century); the Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica of Sacre-Cur on Montmartre (1914). In 2014 Paris received 22.4 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations. Paris is also known for its fashion, particularly the twice-yearly Paris Fashion Week, and for its haute cuisine, and three-star restaurants. Most of France's major universities and grandes ecoles are located in Paris, as are France's major newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Liberation.
1. How many people live in the Paris area?
2. What fraction of all of France is it?
3. Does the region have its own leaders?
4. What's the most visited art museum worldwide?
5. Which is older, Notre Dame or Sainte-Chapelle?
6. By how much?
7. What century was the Eiffel Tower built?
8. Name another place to see paintings there.
9. Which kind of art is shown there?
10. What about at Musee National d'Art Moderne?
11. How many people travel to Paris in a year?
12. Is it a top place for travelers?
13. What else is it known for?
14. How many times a year is the Paris Fashion Week?
15. Are there no newspapers there?
16. Such as?
Answer: 1. 12,341,418
2. one-fifth
3. unknown
4. the Louvre,
5. notre dame
6. one century
7. 19th
8. Musee d'Orsay
9. French Impressionist art,
10. modern and contemporary art.
11. 22.4 million in 2014
12. yes
13. fashion and restaurants
14. Two
15. There are major newspapers there
16. Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Liberation.

Problem: Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be used. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankine cycle. In the cycle, water is heated and transforms into steam within a boiler operating at a high pressure. When expanded through pistons or turbines, mechanical work is done. The reduced-pressure steam is then condensed and pumped back into the boiler.

The first commercially successful true engine, in that it could generate power and transmit it to a machine, was the atmospheric engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen around 1712. It was an improvement over Savery's steam pump, using a piston as proposed by Papin. Newcomen's engine was relatively inefficient, and in most cases was used for pumping water. It worked by creating a partial vacuum by condensing steam under a piston within a cylinder. It was employed for draining mine workings at depths hitherto impossible, and also for providing a reusable water supply for driving waterwheels at factories sited away from a suitable "head". Water that had passed over the wheel was pumped back up into a storage reservoir above the wheel.
1. What is a true engine?
2. What does it mean to be a "true engine"?
3. Who made the first successful one?
4. Was that in the 19th century?
5. When?
6. Was it any better than the previous steam pump?
7. What made it better?
8. Whose idea was that?
9. What was this engine used for mostly?
10. Where was it used?
11. Anywhere else?
12. Was it an efficient engine?
13. What kind of engine would a steam engine be classified as?
14. Is the fluid in the same compartment as the combustible ingredients?
15. Could a steam engine work with nuclear power?
16. What about energy from the sun?
17. How about from the moon?
18. What is the perfect thermodynamic cycle called?
19. What happens to the water in this cycle?
20. Does it change form?
Answer:
1. atmospheric engine
2. it could generate power and transmit it to a machine
3. Thomas Newcomen
4. no
5. around 1712
6. yes
7. used a piston
8. Papin
9. pumping water
10. mine workings
11. factories
12. no
13. external combustion engines
14. no
15. yes
16. yes
17. unknown
18. Rankine cycle
19. water is heated
20. yes