question: CHAPTER XVIIILACES AND GOLD

At four o'clock in the afternoon Patsy rubbed her eyes, yawned and raised her head from her pillow.

"Dear me!" she sighed, "I'm tired yet, but this sleeping in the daytime is unnatural. I wonder if Beth is awake."

She went to the door of the adjoining room, opened it and found her cousin dressing.

"Do you suppose anyone else is up?" she inquired.

"See there," replied Beth, pointing through the window.

Patsy saw. Mr. Runyon was seated on a garden bench in earnest conversation with Mildred Travers.

"Didn't he go home this morning, after the excitement was over?" she asked.

"No," replied Beth. "Mr. and Mrs. Hahn drove their car home, but our interesting neighbor at the north, Mr. Bul Run, declared there was nothing at his own ranch half so enticing as a bed here. He's a bachelor, it seems, and leads rather a lonely life. So Arthur gave him a room and he went to bed; but it seems he has had his sleep out and is indulging in other recreations."

Patsy was eyeing the couple in the garden.

"Mr. Runyon seems to have struck up a friendship with your protege Mildred," she observed.

"Yes," answered Beth. "You know he was shut up in the wall with her and Inez for awhile and the adventure must have made them feel well acquainted. Wasn't that imprisonment a most peculiar thing, Patsy?"

"Very peculiar. I haven't had much time to think about it, for as soon as Toodlums was safe in Louise's arms I went to bed. But it occurs to me to wonder how Mildred Travers knew so much of the secrets of this absurd old house and why she ventured to explore the hidden rooms in our absence. Put that with the fact that she lived in these parts as a girl, and with her eagerness to come out heredon't you remember her fervent 'thank heaven'?and it seems the whole mystery isn't unraveled yet; it's only getting more tangled."
1. When did Patsy wake up?
2. What did she do?
3. Why?
4. What did she do next?
5. And then?
6. Was there?
7. Who?
8. How old are they?
9. What were they doing?
10. About what?
11. Was there a commotion the night before?
12. What happened?
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answer: 1. Four o'clock in the afternoon.
2. Rubbed her eyes, yawned and raised her head.
3. She just woke up.
4. She went to the door of the adjoining room and opened it.
5. Asked her cousin if anyone else was up.
6. Yes
7. Mr. Runyon and Mildred Travers
8. unknown
9. Talking
10. unknown
11. Yes
12. unknown

question: Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic/acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

In 1968, the first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, though they were often derided by critics. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motorhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden and Saxon followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".

During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with groups such as Motley Crue and Poison. Underground scenes produced an array of more aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, while other extreme subgenres of metal such as death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre. These include groove metal (with bands such as Pantera, Sepultura, and Lamb of God) and nu metal (with bands such as Korn, Slipknot, and Linkin Park), the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop.
1. Which metal band is popular for getting rid of certain influences?
2. Which is known for making it faster?
3. Name one that added more aggression?
4. And one that made metal a more broad genre?
5. Which subgenre of metal uses hip-hit influences?
6. Which could be described as a subculture?
7. When did this genre first start becoming popular?
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answer: 1. Judas Priest
2. Motorhead
3. Metallica, Megadeth
4. Pantera,
5. nu metal
6. Slipknot
7. In 1968,

question: CHAPTER FOUR.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

"Good-day, Messer Domenico," said Nello to the foremost of the two visitors who entered the shop, while he nodded silently to the other. "You come as opportunely as cheese on macaroni. Ah! you are in haste-- wish to be shaved without delay--ecco! And this is a morning when every one has grave matter on his mind. Florence orphaned--the very pivot of Italy snatched away--heaven itself at a loss what to do next. _Oime_! Well, well; the sun is nevertheless travelling on towards dinner-time again; and, as I was saying, you come like cheese ready grated. For this young stranger was wishing for an honourable trader who would advance, him a sum on a certain ring of value, and if I had counted every goldsmith and money-lender in Florence on my fingers, I couldn't have found a better name than Menico Cennini. Besides, he hath other ware in which you deal--Greek learning, and young eyes--a double implement which you printers are always in need of."

The grave elderly man, son of that Bernardo Cennini, who, twenty years before, having heard of the new process of printing carried on by Germans, had cast his own types in Florence, remained necessarily in lathered silence and passivity while Nello showered this talk in his ears, but turned a slow sideway gaze on the stranger.

"This fine young man has unlimited Greek, Latin, or Italian at your service," continued Nello, fond of interpreting by very ample paraphrase. "He is as great a wonder of juvenile learning as Francesco Filelfo or our own incomparable Poliziano. A second Guarino, too, for he has had the misfortune to be shipwrecked, and has doubtless lost a store of precious manuscripts that might have contributed some correctness even to your correct editions, Domenico. Fortunately, he has rescued a few gems of rare value. His name is--you said your name, Messer, was--?"
1. What languages did Nello list off?
2. Who lost precious manuscripts?
3. How did he lose them?
4. Who was the pivot of Italy?
5. Who is at a loss of how to proceed?
6. What is the sun moving towards?
7. How is Bernardo Cennini's son described?
8. What had he cast in Florence?
9. When?
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answer:
1. Greek, Latin, or Italian
2. A second Guarino
3. shipwrecked
4. Florence
5. Florence
6. dinner-time
7. grave elderly man
8. own types
9. twenty years before