Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Chapter VIII.--LOUDON POUNCES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ ONE NIGHT (LAST OF SEPTEMBER, 1761).

It was September 25th, more properly 26th, [Tempelhof, v. 327.] when Friedrich quitted Bunzelwitz; we heard on what errand. Early that morning he marches with all his goods, first to Pilzen (that fine post on the east side of Schweidnitz); and from that, straightway,--southwestward, two marches farther,--to Neisse neighborhood (Gross-Nossen the name of the place); Loudon making little dispute or none. In Neisse are abundant Magazines: living upon these, Friedrich intends to alarm Loudon's rearward country, and draw him towards Bohemia. As must have gradually followed; and would at once,--had Loudon been given to alarms, which he was not. Loudon, very privately, has quite different game afield. Loudon merely detaches this and the other small Corps to look after Friedrich's operations, which probably he believes to be only a feint:--and, before a week passes, Friedrich will have news he little expects!

Friedrich, pausing at Gross-Nossen, and perhaps a little surprised to find no Loudon meddling with him, pushes out, first one party and then another,--Dalwig, Bulow, towards Landshut Hill-Country, to threaten Loudon's Bohemian roads;--who, singular to say, do not hear the least word of Loudon thereabouts. A Loudon strangely indifferent to this new Enterprise of ours. On the third day of Gross-Nossen (Friday, October 2d), Friedrich detaches General Lentulus to rearward, or the way we came, for news of Loudon. Rearward too, Lentulus sees nothing whatever of Loudon: but, from the rumor of the country, and from two Prussian garrison-soldiers, whom he found wandering about,--he hears, with horror and amazement, That Loudon, by a sudden panther-spring, the night before last, has got hold of Schweidnitz: now his wholly, since 5 A.M. of yesterday; and a strong Austrian garrison in it by this time! That was the news Lentulus brought home to his King; the sorest Job's-post of all this War.

1. Who paused at Gross-Nossen?
2. What was he caught off guard about?
3. What parties did he push out?
4. Where was he going in the direction of?
5. When was this?
6. What did Friedrich end with?
7. What did he do that morning?
8. Where did he go first?
9. Where did he go there?
10. Where?
11. Where did he go next?
12. Which direction did he travel to get there?
13. How far?
14. What was the proper name of the the Neisse neighborhood?
15. What are there a lot of in Neisse?
16. What does Friedrich plan to do to Loudon's back country?
17. And what?
18. How long before Friedrich will get unexpected news?
19. Who watches over Friedrich's business?
20. Did he do this openly?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Friedrich.
2. No Loudon meddling with him.
3. Dalwig and Bulow.
4. Landshut Hill-Country,
5. September 25th, more properly 26th.
6. Bunzelwitz.
7. Marches with all his goods,
8. Pilzen.
9. That fine post.
10. On the east side of Schweidnitz.
11. Neisse neighborhood.
12. Southwestward.
13. Two marches.
14. Gross-Nossen.
15. Abundant Magazines.
16. Alarm them.
17. Draw him towards Bohemia.
18. Before a week passes.
19. Loudon.
20. Very privately.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

1 always figured that comedians were the best kind of people to hang around with as a kid. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happiness seems never to leave them. But time goes on, and we come to see these same people as clowns on the outside, but crying a river in the inside. Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives, or out of a deep-seated anger they have at the world around them.

Look at Richard Pryor, need I say more? Richard seemed to have everything. For Superman m , he ended up getting more money than Christopher Reeve did. Yet he said while he was in his forties that the last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10. This guy set himself on fire, and he played that for laugh while performing live at the Sunset Strip ! Comedy was his constant weapon against pain, and he never held anything back.

The movie Funny People understand very well this gloomy field many comedians have to survive in. It stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a famous comedian in the movie. Simmons has it all: a beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, a swimming pool,great cars, and so on. But in his eyes, we see that he is a sad man who has come to truly look down upon himself for what he has become. All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person. But now, he hears from his doctor that he has a terminal disease and has only months left to live. Simmons reacts to this news as if someone took away his blood in the heart, and it makes him clearly see just how much he hates his life. So now he has to make every minute count.

Then come a series of funny stories.

Comedy is just life as it is, isn't it?

1. Who is the lead in Funny People?
2. What did the author like about comedians as a child?
3. Why?
4. What truth did he come to find out about them?
5. What outrageous thing did Richard Pryor do?
6. Why did he do that?
7. Who played the original Superman?
8. What was the last happy moment that Richard Pryor remembers?
9. How old was he at that time?
10. What is the author's conclusion about comedy?
11. What bad news did George Simmons get?
12. And what was his reaction to this news?
13. And what does he come to realize?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Adam Sandler
2. They were the best kind of people to hang around with
3. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happiness seems never to leave them
4. Their comedy comes from deep pain and sadnessde. Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives
5. This guy set himself on fire
6. For a laugh
7. Christopher Reeve did.
8. Jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy.
9. f 10
10. Comedy is just life as it is
11. He has only months to live
12. As if someone took away the blood in his heart
13. That he hates his life and now needs to make every minute count