Q: Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. With around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 fellows, it is the largest college in either of the Oxbridge universities by number of undergraduates. By combined student numbers, it is second to Homerton College, Cambridge.

Members of Trinity have won 32 Nobel Prizes out of the 91 won by members of Cambridge University, the highest number of any college. Five Fields Medals in mathematics were won by members of the college (of the six awarded to members of British universities) and one Abel Prize was won.

Trinity alumni include six British prime ministers (all Tory or Whig/Liberal), physicists Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr, mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the poet Lord Byron, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell (whom it expelled before reaccepting), and Soviet spies Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt.

Two members of the British royal family have studied at Trinity and been awarded degrees as a result: Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh, who gained an MA in 1790, and Prince Charles, who was awarded a lower second class BA in 1970. Other royal family members have studied there without obtaining degrees, including King Edward VII, King George VI, and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

Answer the following questions:
1. What kind of school is this?
2. A constituent of what?
3. What is the name of the school?
4. Has anyone important attended there?
5. Any scientists?
6. Like who?
7. Any literary geniuses?
8. What about politicians?
9. Have any members of royalty studied there?
10. Who was the most recent one to get a degree?
11. What degree did he get?
12. When?
13. Who else from that family got a degree?
14. When did he get his degree?
15. How many total students are there?
16. What is the one school with more students?
A: 1. a constituent college
2. the University of Cambridge in England
3. Trinity College
4. yes
5. yes
6. physicists Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr,
7. the poet Lord Byron
8. six British prime ministers
9. yes
10. Prince Charles
11. a lower second class BA
12. in 1970
13. Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh
14. A MA
15. 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 fellows
16. Homerton College, Cambridge

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- For all the headaches on the campaign trail, you would not think a candidate would be hounded by his own dog.

That, however, has been the relentless fate of Republican contender Mitt Romney. A trip to Canada 30 years ago with the family pooch in a car top carrier, has been the gift that just keeps giving to Democrats. They've lampooned him as cruel at worst, foolish at best, with bumper stickers and T-shirts that say "Dogs aren't luggage!" and "Mitt is Mean!"

Republicans have counterattacked by pointing out that President Obama wrote in his own book about eating dog as a child, helping the dog fight become a theme at this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel nipped at both of them. "If Mitt Romney offers you a ride, call shotgun. And if President Obama starts buttering you, run!"

It would be easy to dismiss all of this as political silliness were it not for one troubling fact: Sometimes the way a president connects with critters can affect the way voters relate to him.

"Presidents and their pets have a long and storied history," says Garrett Graff, a goldfish owner and editor-in-chief at Washingtonian magazine. His theory about why voters take such an interest in such matters: "Most of us don't 'get' Middle East oil politics, and the rise and fall of the G.D.P., but we can 'get' if you connect with a dog or you connect with a cat."

First a little history. Ever since George Washington took office with horses and hounds in tow, presidents have welcomed animals into their lives. A lot of animals.

1. How long ago did someone go on a trip?
2. Where did they go?
3. What is this story about?
4. Did he have a pet?
5. What kind?
6. Why were people mad at him?
7. What did they say?
8. Are any other presidents mentioned?
9. Which is one?
10. Did he have a pet?
11. Did he eat a cat?
12. What did he eat?
13. Who made fun of them?
14. Did anybody else?
15. What did he say about Mitt?
16. And the other?
17. Which editor is mentioned?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 30 years ago
2. Canada
3. Mitt Romney
4. yes
5. dog
6. the family pooch was in a car top carrier
7. unknown
8. yes
9. President Obama
10. no
11. no
12. dog
13. Democrats
14. Jimmy Kimmel
15. If Mitt Romney offers you a ride, call shotgun
16. And if President Obama starts buttering you, run!
17. Garrett Graff

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

What could a poem writer and a movie director share? More than you think! Langston Hughes began writing poems in high school and soon became one of America's greatest writers. Most of his writing is about his experiences as an African American. He wrote poems about people who worked hard through life but still found things to be happy about. He wrote plays and books about justice for all people, and he wrote kids' books, too. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book is a book of his animal poems. Pictures and photos were used in the book. "Hold fast to dreams" is a line in a famous Hughes poem. That's exactly what he did throughout his life. When Steven Spielberg was in middle school, he wanted to make a film. He had an idea for a movie, but no money. He started a tree-planting business and made his film with the money he earned. Spielberg never stopped making films, even after many film schools refused him. Today he is one of the most popular and important filmmakers in the world. His movies are about people who are adventurous , brave, kind. His characters often fight for what is good. Some of his films are about his Jewish background, such as Schindler's List. Spielberg once said, "I don't dream that much at night because I dream for a living." In different ways, both Hughes and Spielberg have encouraged people of all ages to reach for their dreams.

1. What is the writers name?
2. What were most his writings about?
3. Did he write about justice?
4. For whom?
5. Who else did he write books for?
6. What was a famous line mentioned in his children's book?
7. What book was this line from?
8. Who wanted to make a film while in middle school?
9. Why couldn't he make one?
10. How did he earn money?
11. Did he stop making films?
12. Where is he now considered most popular?
13. What is his background?
14. Were his movies about this backgroud?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Langston Hughes
2. his experiences
3. Yes
4. all people
5. kids
6. Hold fast to dreams
7. its a line in a famous Hughes poem
8. Steven Spielberg
9. no money
10. He started a tree-planting business
11. No
12. the world.
13. he has a Jewish background
14. Schindler's List