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Russian ( , russkiy yazyk, pronounced [ruskj jzk] ( listen)) is an East Slavic language and an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and many minor or unrecognised territories. It is an unofficial but widely-spoken language in Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics of the Soviet Union and former participants of the Eastern Bloc. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of the three living members of the East Slavic languages. Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onwards.

Russian distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called soft and hard sounds. This distinction is found between pairs of almost all consonants and is one of the most distinguishing features of the language. Another important aspect is the reduction of unstressed vowels. Stress, which is unpredictable, is not normally indicated orthographically though an optional acute accent ( , znak udareniya) may be used to mark stress, such as to distinguish between homographic words, for example (zamok, meaning a lock) and (zamok, meaning a castle), or to indicate the proper pronunciation of uncommon words or names.
1. Where is is the official language?
2. are there other countries that also use it?
3. What are they?
4. Are there countries where its unofficial?
5. What ones?
6. What type of language is it?
7. What family does it belong?
8. How many members are living?
9. When were the written hand seen?
10. Are there different phonemes?

Numbered answers:
1. Russia
2. Yes
3. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
4. Yes
5. Ukraine
6. East Slavic
7. Indo-European
8. three
9. from the 10th century onwards
10. Yes

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Galicia (English i/lsi/, /l/; Galician: [alija] ( listen), [alija], or [alisja]; Spanish: [alija]; Galician and Portuguese: Galiza, [alia] ( listen), [alia] or [alisa]) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruna, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and Leon and Asturias to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the north. It had a population of 2,765,940 in 2013 and has a total area of 29,574 km2 (11,419 sq mi). Galicia has over 1,660 km (1,030 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cies Islands, Ons, Salvora, Cortegada, andthe largest and most populatedA Illa de Arousa.

The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and it takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic peoples living north of the Douro river during the last millennium BC, in a region largely coincidental with that of the Iron Age local Castro culture. Galicia was incorporated into the Roman Empire at the end of the Cantabrian Wars in 19 BC, being turned into a Roman province in the 3rd century AD. In 410, the Germanic Suebi established a kingdom with its capital in Braga (Portugal) which was incorporated into that of the Visigoths in 585. In 711, the Arabs invaded the Iberian Peninsula, taking the Visigoth kingdom, but soon in 740 Galicia was incorporated into the Christian kingdom of Asturias. During the Middle Ages, the kingdom of Galicia was occasionally ruled by its own kings, but most of the time it was leagued to the kingdom of Leon and later to that of Castile, while maintaining its own legal and customary practices and personality. From the 13th century on, the kings of Castile, as kings of Galicia, appointed an Adiantado-mor, whose attributions passed to the Governor and Captain General of the Kingdom of Galiza from the last years of the 15th century. The Governor also presided the Real Audiencia do Reino de Galicia, a royal tribunal and government body. From the 16th century, the representation and voice of the kingdom was held by an assembly of deputies and representatives of the cities of the kingdom, the Cortes or Junta of the Kingdom of Galicia, an institution which was forcibly discontinued in 1833 when the kingdom was divided into four administrative provinces with no legal mutual links. During the 19th and 20th centuries, demand grew for self-government and for the recognition of the personality of Galicia, a demand which led to the frustrated Statute of Autonomy of 1936, and to the Statute of Autonomy of 1981, currently in force.
1. What country is Galicia in?
2. Who first inhabited the region?
3. Which group of people?
4. Which river did the CELTIC people live north of?
5. How much coastline does Galicia have?
6. What was the first empire to rule the area?
7. at the end of what war?
8. When did this happen?
9. Was it then made into a province?
10. When did this happen?
11. Which kingdom next took hold?

Numbered answers:
1. Spain
2. humans
3. Middle Paleolithic
4. Douro
5. 1,660 km
6. Roman
7. Cantabrian
8. 19 BC
9. yes
10. 3rd century AD
11. Germanic Suebi

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CHAPTER IX

THE SMITING OF AMON

That evening I sat ill at ease in my work-chamber in Seti's palace, making pretence to write, I who felt that great evils threatened my lord the Prince, and knew not what to do to turn them from him. The door opened, and old Pambasa the chamberlain appeared and addressed me by my new titles, saying that the Hebrew lady Merapi, who had been my nurse in sickness, wished to speak with me. Presently she came and stood before me.

"Scribe Ana," she said, "I have but just seen my uncle Jabez, who has come, or been sent, with a message to me," and she hesitated.

"Why was he sent, Lady? To bring you news of Laban?"

"Not so. Laban has fled away and none know where he is, and Jabez has only escaped much trouble as the uncle of a traitress by undertaking this mission."

"What is the mission?"

"To pray me, if I would save myself from death and the vengeance of God, to work upon the heart of his Highness, which I know not how to do----"

"Yet I think you might find means, Merapi."

"----save through you, his friend and counsellor," she went on, turning away her face. "Jabez has learned that it is in the mind of Pharaoh utterly to destroy the people of Israel."

"How does he know that, Merapi?"

"I cannot say, but I think all the Hebrews know. I knew it myself though none had told me. He has learned also that this cannot be done under the law of Egypt unless the Prince who is heir to the throne and of full age consents. Now I am come to pray you to pray the Prince not to consent."
1. What is the title of the chapter?
2. Where does the story open?
3. What is the author trying to do?
4. Who entered the room?
5. Who was she?
6. What did summons did she bring?
7. What was the new title of the woman summoned?
Numbered answers:
1. THE SMITING OF AMON
2. The work-chamber in Seti's palace
3. making pretence to write
4. Pambasa
5. The chamberlain
6. the Hebrew lady Merapi wished to speak with me.
7. Scribe Ana