Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXXVIII

From town to town, travelling for the most part on the platform of an engine, Maraton sped on his splendid mission. It was Ernshaw himself who drove, with the help of an assistant, but as they passed from place to place the veto was lifted. The men in some districts were a little querulous, but at Maraton's coming they were subdued. It was peace, a peace how splendid they were soon to know. By mid-day, trains laden with coal were rushing to several of the Channel ports. Maraton found his task with the miners more difficult, and yet in a way his triumph here was still more complete. He travelled down the backbone of England, preaching peace where war had reigned, promising great things in the name of the new Government. Although he had been absent barely forty-eight hours, it was a new London into which he travelled on his return. The streets were crowded once more with taxicabs, the evening papers were being sold, the shops were all open, the policemen were once more in the streets. Selingman, who had scarcely once left Maraton's side, gazed about him with wonder.

"It is a miracle, this," he declared. "There is no aftermath."

"The people are waiting," Maraton said. "We have given them serious pledges. Their day is to come."

"You believe that Foley will keep his word?" Selingman asked.

"I know that he will," Maraton replied. "As soon as the Bills are drafted, he will go to the country. It will be a new Party--the National Party. Stay and see it, Selingman--a new era in the politics of the world, a very wonderful era. The country is going to be governed for the people that are worth while."

1. who drove?
2. How did the men feel about the mans coming?
3. What was Ernshaw driving?
4. What were the trains filled with?
5. where were they headed?
6. What were the streets like?
7. with what?
8. Are the morning papers being sold?
9. Who believes that Foley will keep his word?
10. Is he sure he will?
11. Where does he believe he will go?
12. What did Marton preach?
13. where?
14. Did he promise anything?
15. what?
16. What new party will be formed?
17. Is this a good thing for the people?
18. When Marton returned, where did he go?
19. How long was he gone prior?
20. What did Maraton explain as a new era?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Ernshaw.
2. Subdued.
3. A train.
4. Coal.
5. London.
6. Crowded.
7. Taxicabs.
8. Yes.
9. Maraton.
10. Yes.
11. To the country.
12. Peace.
13. Where war had reigned.
14. Yes.
15. Great things.
16. The National Party.
17. Yes.
18. London.
19. Barely 48 hours.
20. The country is going to be governed for the people that are worth while.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIV

DEFEAT

A good fire burned on the hearth in the library at Sandymere, although the mild air of an early spring morning floated in through the open window. Challoner sat in a big leather chair, watching the flames and thinking of his nephew, when a servant entered and handed him a card.

Challoner glanced at it.

"Clarke? I don't know any one of that name--"

He stopped abruptly as he saw the word _Sweetwater_ in small type at the bottom of the card. He knew that that was the name of the prairie town from which Blake had started on his quest into the wilderness.

"All right, Perkins," he said, rather eagerly; and a few minutes afterward Clarke entered the room, with an irritating air of assurance.

"Colonel Challoner, I presume?"

Challoner bowed.

"You have brought me some news of my nephew, Richard Blake?"

This disconcerted Clarke. He had not imagined that his object would be known, and he had counted upon Challoner's being surprised and thrown off his guard. It looked as if the Colonel had been making inquiries about Blake. Clarke wished that he could guess his reason, for it might affect the situation.

"That is correct," he said. "I have a good deal to tell you, and it may take some time."

Challoner motioned to him to be seated, and offered him a cigar; and Clarke lighted it before he spoke.

"Your nephew," he began, "spent a week in the settlement where I live, preparing for a journey to the North. Though his object was secret, I believe he went in search of something to make varnish of, because he took with him a young American traveler for a paint factory, besides another man."

1. Who lit his cigar?
2. What was the nephew's name?
3. What was burning?
4. Where?
5. Who was sitting in a leather chair?
6. Did someone hand him a letter?
7. Who?
8. Who came into the room?
9. What news did he bring?
10. What name was at the bottom of the card?
11. What was Sweetwater?
12. Was it evening when all this was happening?
13. What time of day was it?
14. What was Clarke disconcerted by?
15. What was he counting on?
16. How long was the nephew in the settlement where Clarke lived?
17. What was he doing there?
18. What was he looking for?
19. Who did he take with him?
20. Where was one of the men from?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Clarke
2. Richard Blake
3. fire
4. library
5. Challoner
6. yes
7. a servant
8. Clarke
9. of my nephew
10. Sweetwater
11. the prairie town from which Blake had started on his quest into the wilderness
12. no
13. early morning
14. his object would be known
15. Challoner's being surprised and thrown off his guard
16. week
17. preparing for a journey
18. something to make varnish
19. 2 men
20. paint factory

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

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1. Who does the editing?
2. and the publishing?
3. Who are some of the mathematicians involved?
4. Was anyone famous related to the project?
5. Whom?
6. Where did he work?
7. What is the name of the group?
8. That was formerly known as?
9. What was the name of one of the most active centers for mathematics study?
10. Who donated an appreciable amount to the project?
11. Was a deam brought to life?
12. Who received most of the credit for the realization?
13. How are the reviewed materials organized?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. the European Mathematical Society (EMS), FIZ Karlsruhe, and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.
2. the Berlin office of FIZ Karlsruhe Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure GmbH.
3. Richard Courant, Otto Neugebauer and Harald Bohr
4. yes
5. Niels Bohr
6. Copenhagen
7. zbMATH
8. Zentralblatt MATH
9. Gottingen
10. The Rockefeller Foundation
11. yes
12. Richard Courant
13. by topic