question: CHAPTER X.

"Yes, friends may be kind, and vales may be green, And brooks, may sparkle along between; But it is not friendship's kindest look, Nor loveliest vale, nor clearest brook, That can tell the tale which is written for me On each old face and well known tree."

R. H. FROUDE.

It was a happy day for both Agnes Wortley and Marian Arundel when they again entered Devonshire. Agnes seemed to feel her four weeks as serious an absence as Marian did her four years, and was even more rapturous in her exclamations at each object that showed her she was near home.

They walked up the last and steepest hill, or rather bounded along the well known side path, catching at the long trailing wreaths of the dogrose, peeping over the gates which broke the high hedge, where Marian, as she saw the moors, could only relieve her heart by pronouncing to herself those words of Manzoni's Lucia, "_Vedo i miei monti._" ("I see my own mountains.") She beheld the woods and the chimneys of the Manor House, but she shrank from looking at it, and gazed, as if she feared it was but a moment's vision, at the rough cottages, the smoke curling among the trees, the red limestone quarry, and the hills far away in the summer garb of golden furze. It was home, her heart was full, and Agnes respected her silence.

Down the hill, along the well-known paling, past the cottages, the dear old faces smiling welcome; the Church, always the same, the green rail of the Vicarage garden, the paint was the only thing new; the porch, with roses hanging thicker over it than ever; Ranger, David Chapple, Jane, the housemaid, all in ecstasy in their different ways.
1. Who was having a good day?
2. Where were they?
3. Where did they enter?
4. How long had Agnes been away?
5. And the other woman?
6. What did they walk up?
7. What did they grab at, while doing this?
8. What did Marian see?
9. What structure did she behold?
10. What did she say to herself?
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answer: 1. Agnes Wortley and Marian Arundel.
2. unknown
3. Devonshire.
4. Four weeks .
5. Four years.
6. The last and steepest hill.
7. The long trailing wreaths of the dogrose.
8. The moors.
9. Manor House
10. "_Vedo i miei monti._"

question: (CNN) -- Do not go backstage at Cirque Du Soleil. It will only hurt your self-esteem.

Anthony Gatto says he's been in training since he was 3 years old and performing since he was 8.

In the performers' tent for the touring show "Kooza," there are the chiseled men catapulting their partners onto each other's shoulders from a giant see-saw and the woman doing contortions on children's-sized blocks.

You can only take so much of this before your ego needs normal.

Normal might be that man in the corner, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers throwing balls in the air. How hard can that be?

Your self-worth will be quickly dashed again when the man picks up a soccer ball, bounces it on his head and jumps rope at the same time. Moments later, he's juggling six or seven orange rings (they move so fast, it looks like a blur) and then does a pirouette -- while all the rings are in the air -- and then catches them on his arm. Watch the juggler in action "

You could say Anthony Gatto went into the family business. But his stepfather wasn't a farmer or a doctor. He was a juggler.

"By the time I was 8, I was entered into a juggling competition, and incidentally, that was the same competition that Patrick Dempsey, the actor, was in," Gatto said. "He used to be a juggler. We competed against each other. I took first, he took second. Now he's a big actor and here I am, juggling."
1. Why don't you want to go backstage?
2. How long has Gatto been training?
3. And performing?
4. What is the name of the event?
5. How many objects was the guy juggling?
6. Was his father a farmer?
7. A physician?
8. How old was he when he competed for the first time?
9. Who took first?
10. Second?
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answer: 1. It will only hurt self-esteem.
2. Since 3
3. since he was 8.
4. Kooza
5. 6 or 7
6. no
7. no
8. at 8
9. Anthony
10. Patrick Dempsey

question: Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and a sovereign state. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has an area of , total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is , and a population of 5.75million ().

The unified kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 10th century as a proficient seafaring nation in the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea. Denmark, Sweden and Norway were ruled together under the Kalmar Union, established in 1397 and ending with Swedish secession in 1523. Denmark and Norway remained under the same monarch until outside forces dissolved the union in 1814. The union with Norway made it possible for Denmark to inherit the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. Beginning in the 17th century, there were several cessions of territory to Sweden. In the 19th century there was a surge of nationalist movements, which were defeated in the 1864 Second Schleswig War. Denmark remained neutral during World War I. In April 1940, a German invasion saw brief military skirmishes while the Danish resistance movement was active from 1943 until the German surrender in May 1945. An industrialised exporter of agricultural produce in the second half of the 19th century, Denmark introduced social and labour-market reforms in the early 20th century that created the basis for the present welfare state model with a highly developed mixed economy.
1. what is the official name ofDenmark?
2. which country is to it's North-East?
3. what country is on it
4. which country is on it's southern border?
5. which two countries inthe North Atlantic are also part of the kingdom?
6. how many named islands does it have?
7. what are the three largest?
8. what are the islands like?
9. is the climate severe?
10. How was Denmark able to gain the Faroe Islands?
11. what else did it get at that time?
12. when did it start giving land to sweden?
13. did it take part in WWI?
14. did Germany try to invade during WWII?
15. What is the population of the kingdom?
16. what did they become an exporter of in the 19th century?
17. what did they introduce in the early 20th century?
18. what did thy lay a basis for?
19. is their economy complex?
20. when did the kingdom first take shape?
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answer:
1. the Kingdom of Denmark
2. Sweden
3. the Faroe Islands
4. unknown
5. the Faroe Islands and Greenland
6. 443
7. Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island
8. flat, arable land and sandy coasts
9. no
10. The union with Norway
11. Greenland and Iceland
12. in the 17th century
13. yes
14. yes
15. 5.75million
16. agricultural produce
17. social and labour-market reforms
18. the present welfare state model
19. yes
20. the 10th century