Q: CHAPTER VIII

She took her letters up to her room with her, having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr. Hilbery left them, for so long as she sat in the same room as her mother, Mrs. Hilbery might, at any moment, ask for a sight of the post. A very hasty glance through many sheets had shown Katharine that, by some coincidence, her attention had to be directed to many different anxieties simultaneously. In the first place, Rodney had written a very full account of his state of mind, which was illustrated by a sonnet, and he demanded a reconsideration of their position, which agitated Katharine more than she liked. Then there were two letters which had to be laid side by side and compared before she could make out the truth of their story, and even when she knew the facts she could not decide what to make of them; and finally she had to reflect upon a great many pages from a cousin who found himself in financial difficulties, which forced him to the uncongenial occupation of teaching the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin.

But the two letters which each told the same story differently were the chief source of her perplexity. She was really rather shocked to find it definitely established that her own second cousin, Cyril Alardyce, had lived for the last four years with a woman who was not his wife, who had borne him two children, and was now about to bear him another. This state of things had been discovered by Mrs. Milvain, her aunt Celia, a zealous inquirer into such matters, whose letter was also under consideration. Cyril, she said, must be made to marry the woman at once; and Cyril, rightly or wrongly, was indignant with such interference with his affairs, and would not own that he had any cause to be ashamed of himself. Had he any cause to be ashamed of himself, Katharine wondered; and she turned to her aunt again.

Answer the following questions:
1. What might Mrs. Hilbery request to see?
2. Who had written to Katharine?
3. What job did the cousin have?
4. Teaching whom?
5. To do what?
6. Has Cyril had children while unmarried?
7. Will he soon have another?
8. How many children will he then have in total with the woman?
9. Who had found out that Cyril was unmarried?
10. What relation is Mrs. Milvain to Katharine?
11. True of False: Aunt Celia wishes to force Cyril to marry.
12. What had Katharine convinced her mother to do?
13. How many poems did had Rodney written in the letter?
14. What kind of poem?
15. Was the cousin strapped for cash?
16. Was Cyril ashamed to be unmarried?
17. Did Cyril believe he had reason to be ashamed?
18. Did the two letters tell similar tales?
19. Was Katharine surprised by the information about Cyril?
20. For how many years had Cyril lived with the mother of his children?
A: 1. a sight of the post.
2. Rodney
3. teaching
4. young ladies
5. to play upon the violin.
6. yes
7. yes
8. Three
9. Mrs. zmilvain
10. her aunt
11. true
12. unknown
13. Two
14. a sonnet
15. yes
16. indignant
17. no
18. yes
19. yes
20. Four
Q: (CNN) -- A conservative novelist in Saudi Arabia has triggered a firestorm on social media after one his tweets was misunderstood in Western media.

The translation snafu hinged on a subtle grammatical fine point, said Abdallah al-Dawood.

An article on the Financial Times online reported that he had called for women working as cashiers to be sexually harassed.

The story was picked up by several news outlets, including the BBC and the Huffington Post.

Even Arab media that reported on him used the erroneous Western translation. Al Arabiya, for example, cited the BBC story.

Al-Dawood sought to clarify his stance in interviews with journalists.

Speaking with Sabq, a Saudi daily, the hardliner vented his anger over the mistranslation of his message. No one had called or messaged him to confirm its meaning, he said.

By then it was too late.

It all began with a tweet on Sunday.

Women in Saudi Arabia have begun working in shops, triggering vitriol from religious conservatives.

Al-Dawood took to Twitter to express in his conservative criticism of women working as receptionists or cashiers to his 98,000 plus followers. He linked to an ultra-conservative academic study to support his view.

His tweet:

Getting lots of "interaction in the trending of #femalecashiers #harassfemalecashiers This a link to a master's degree thesis that considers the job of the female receptionist and cashier to be human trafficking."

The hash tag #harassfemalecashiers raised ire with some who took it as a command to 'harass female cashiers.' But in Arabic the wording can be understood two ways. Al-Dawood was using the phase to say: "They would harass female cashiers," he has said.

Answer the following questions:
1. What had been called for?
2. Where was this suggested?
3. Who tweeted?
4. Did he really say what they are claiming?
5. Why the mix up?
6. How many follow his tweets?
7. Did anyone ask him if he was serious?
8. Did it happen on Tuesday?
9. When did it?
10. Was anyone upset about females having jobs?
11. Who was?
12. What did they feel?
13. Did he ever try to correct people about it?
14. How?
15. What does he do ffor work?
16. Where?
17. Who ran the original report?
18. Was he okay with the misrepresentation?
19. How did he feel?
20. What is Sabq?
A:
1. women working as cashiers to be sexually harassed
2. twitter
3. Al-Dawood
4. no
5. translation and grammatical error
6. 98,000 plus
7. No
8. no
9. Sunday
10. yes
11. religious conservatives
12. vitriol
13. yes
14. Speaking with Sabq
15. conservative novelist
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Financial Times
18. no
19. anger
20. Saudi daily