input: 1 always figured that comedians were the best kind of people to hang around with as a kid. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happiness seems never to leave them. But time goes on, and we come to see these same people as clowns on the outside, but crying a river in the inside. Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives, or out of a deep-seated anger they have at the world around them.

Look at Richard Pryor, need I say more? Richard seemed to have everything. For Superman m , he ended up getting more money than Christopher Reeve did. Yet he said while he was in his forties that the last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10. This guy set himself on fire, and he played that for laugh while performing live at the Sunset Strip ! Comedy was his constant weapon against pain, and he never held anything back.

The movie Funny People understand very well this gloomy field many comedians have to survive in. It stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a famous comedian in the movie. Simmons has it all: a beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, a swimming pool,great cars, and so on. But in his eyes, we see that he is a sad man who has come to truly look down upon himself for what he has become. All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person. But now, he hears from his doctor that he has a terminal disease and has only months left to live. Simmons reacts to this news as if someone took away his blood in the heart, and it makes him clearly see just how much he hates his life. So now he has to make every minute count.

Then come a series of funny stories.

Comedy is just life as it is, isn't it? 1. Who is the lead in Funny People?
2. What did the author like about comedians as a child?
3. Why?
4. What truth did he come to find out about them?
5. What outrageous thing did Richard Pryor do?
6. Why did he do that?
7. Who played the original Superman?
8. What was the last happy moment that Richard Pryor remembers?
9. How old was he at that time?
10. What is the author's conclusion about comedy?
11. What bad news did George Simmons get?
12. And what was his reaction to this news?
13. And what does he come to realize? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Adam Sandler
2. They were the best kind of people to hang around with
3. They tell funny stories, make joke after joke, and happiness seems never to leave them
4. Their comedy comes from deep pain and sadnessde. Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives
5. This guy set himself on fire
6. For a laugh
7. Christopher Reeve did.
8. Jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy.
9. f 10
10. Comedy is just life as it is
11. He has only months to live
12. As if someone took away the blood in his heart
13. That he hates his life and now needs to make every minute count

input: CHAPTER XI. OF A WOMAN'S OBSTINACY

"M. de Luynes is a wizard," quoth Andrea, laughing, in answer to something that had been said.

It was afternoon. We had dined, and the bright sunshine and spring-like mildness of the weather had lured us out upon the terrace. Yvonne and Genevieve occupied the stone seat. Andrea had perched himself upon the granite balustrade, and facing them he sat, swinging his shapely legs to and fro as he chatted merrily, whilst on either side of him stood the Chevalier de Canaples and I.

"If M. de Luynes be as great a wizard in other things as with the sword, then, pardieu, he is a fearful magician," said Canaples.

I bowed, yet not so low but that I detected a sneer on Yvonne's lips.

"So, pretty lady," said I to myself, "we shall see if presently your lip will curl when I show you something of my wizard's art."

And presently my chance came. M. de Canaples found reason to leave us, and no sooner was he gone than Genevieve remembered that she had that day discovered a budding leaf upon one of the rose bushes in the garden below. Andrea naturally caused an argument by asserting that she was the victim of her fancy, as it was by far too early in the year. By that means these two found the plea they sought for quitting us, since neither could rest until the other was convinced.

So down they went into that rose garden which methought was like to prove their fool's paradise, and Yvonne and I were left alone. Then she also rose, but as she was on the point of quitting me: 1. How's the weather?
2. Is it cold?
3. Where are they hanging out?
4. What made them go out there?
5. How many people are there?
6. Where are Yvonne and Genevieve seated?
7. What about Andrea?
8. What are the other two doing?
9. Who is being referred to as a male witch?
10. Who thinks that's funny?
11. Does Canaples think he'd be good at magic?
12. Is the narrator attracted to someone?
13. Who?
14. What does Genevieve think she saw in the garden?
15. On what kind of plant?
16. Who thought that was stupid?
17. Why?
18. Did they leave?
19. Where did they head?
20. Who's left? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. spring-like
2. no
3. the terrace
4. the weather
5. Five
6. the stone seat
7. upon the granite balustrade
8. standing on either side of Andrea
9. M. de Luynes
10. Andrea
11. yes
12. yes
13. Yvonne
14. a budding leaf
15. a rose bush
16. Andrea
17. it was too early in the year
18. yes
19. the rose garden
20. Yvonne and the narrator

input: Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from some of his classmates asking him to join their camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he ate a lot to make himself feel less lonely. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the children something more to make fun of him. Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was happy that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his pocket money, Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his pocket money on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth . Her close friends would be unhappy with her. What could she do now? 1. What did Jesse find on his desk?
2. For what?
3. Did people seem to like Jesse?
4. Was there really a camping trip?
5. Who told everyone the trick worked?
6. Why was Cindy conflicted in the end of the story?
7. Were his class mades amused he beleived the invite?
8. Had Jesse been asked before to do anything with his classmates outside of school?
9. What was he going to by with the money he had?
10. Was Jesse a lonely person normaly? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. an invite
2. to go camping
3. nope
4. no
5. Cindy
6. she felt bad that he wasted his money
7. yes
8. no
9. a sleeping bag
10. yes