question: Guan Moye, better known as Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He has been referred to by Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine, TIME, as "one of the most famous and widely pirated of all Chinese writers". He is best known to Western readers for Red Sorghum Clan , which was later adapted for the film, Red Sorghum. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mo Yan was born in Gaomi County, Shandong Province. He was 11 years old when the Cultural Revolution started, at which time he left school to work as a farmer. At the age of 18, he began to work at a factory. During this period, his access to literature was largely limited to novels. At the close of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Mo joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and began writing. During this period, the works of Chinese literature, as well as translations of foreign authors such as William Faulkner, made an impact on his works. In 1984, he received a literary award from the PLA Magazine, and at the same year he began attending the Military Art Academy, where he first used the pen name of Mo Yan. "Mo Yan" means "don't speak" in Chinese. He explained that the name came from a warning from his father and mother about not saying what he thought when he was outside. It also related to the subject matter of his writings. Mo's first novel was Falling Rain on a Spring Night, published in 1981. Several of his novels were translated into English by Howard Goldblatt, professor of East Asian languages and literature, at the University of Notre Dame. He published his first novella , A Transparent Radish, in 1984, and released Red Sorghum Clan in 1986, making him a nationally recognized novelist. Five years later, he obtained a Master's degree in literature from Beijing Normal University.
1. what prize did Mo receive?
2. what else were they awarded?
3. what else is Mo Yan known as?
4. where are they from?
5. how old was he when the cultural revolution started?
6. what foreign author made an impact on him?
7. what county was Mo born?
8. what province is that in?
9. what year did the cultural revolution start?
10. when did it end?
11. what does his name mean?
12. when did he get the PLA Magazine award?
13. who translated his novels into English?
14. when did his first novel get published?
15. what university was Goldblatt a professor at?
16. what dept?
17. what was the name of Mo's first novel
18. and the name of his first novella?
19. when was that published?
20. did he eventually get a Master's degree?
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answer: 1. a literary award from the PLA Magazine
2. the Nobel Prize in Literature
3. Guan Moye
4. China
5. 11 years old
6. William Faulkner
7. Gaomi County
8. Shandong Province
9. unknown
10. 1976
11. "don't speak"
12. In 1984
13. Howard Goldblatt
14. in 1984
15. the University of Notre Dame
16. East Asian languages and literature
17. Falling Rain on a Spring Night
18. A Transparent Radish
19. in 1984
20. yes

question: Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado and attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University class of 1966 with a political science major. Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, and during 19681969 served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat. For that service, he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. Securing an early return to the United States, Kerry joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization in which he served as a nationally recognized spokesman and as an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. He appeared in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs where he deemed United States war policy in Vietnam to be the cause of war crimes.

After receiving his J.D. from Boston College Law School, Kerry worked in Massachusetts as an Assistant District Attorney. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts under Michael Dukakis from 1983 to 1985 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and was sworn in the following January. On the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he led a series of hearings from 1987 to 1989 which were a precursor to the IranContra affair. Kerry was re-elected to additional terms in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. In 2002, Kerry voted to authorize the President "to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein", but warned that the administration should exhaust its diplomatic avenues before launching war.
1. What awards did Kerry receive?
2. Where was he born?
3. Did he go to a normal public school?
4. What college did he attend?
5. What did he study?
6. What war did he serve in?
7. Did he do any other schooling?
8. What degree did he get?
9. What committee was he on?
10. When was his last election?
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answer: 1. Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts.
2. Aurora, Colorado. Aurora, Colorado
3. attended boarding school. No.
4. Yale University. Yale University.
5. political science. Political Science.
6. South Vietnam. The Vietnam War.
7. .D. from Boston College Law School. Yes.
8. J.D. . J.D.
9. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
10. 2008. In 2008.

question: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

THE intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.

"Stangerson too!" he muttered. "The plot thickens."

"It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair. "I seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war."

"Are you--are you sure of this piece of intelligence?" stammered Gregson.

"I have just come from his room," said Lestrade. "I was the first to discover what had occurred."

"We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter," Holmes observed. "Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done?"

"I have no objection," Lestrade answered, seating himself. "I freely confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in the death of Drebber. This fresh development has shown me that I was completely mistaken. Full of the one idea, I set myself to find out what had become of the Secretary. They had been seen together at Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third. At two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton Road. The question which confronted me was to find out how Stangerson had been employed between 8.30 and the time of the crime, and what had become of him afterwards. I telegraphed to Liverpool, giving a description of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning."
1. Did someone greet someone?
2. Who?
3. Did they expect to be welcomed in the manner?
4. Did somebody die?
5. Who?
6. Did he choke on a chicken bone??
7. Was someone worried over the passing?
8. who?
9. Where was Drebber discovered?
10. Who discovered to body?
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answer:
1. yes
2. Lestrade
3. no
4. yes
5. Drebber
6. unknown
7. yes
8. Stangerson
9. Brixton Road.
10. Lestrade