The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Ramayana".

The "Mahabharata" is an epic narrative of the Kuruksetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or "purusartha" (12.161). Among the principal works and stories in the "Mahabharata" are the "Bhagavadgita", the story of Damayanti, an abbreviated version of the "Ramayana", and the story of Rsyasringa, often considered as works in their own right.

Traditionally, the authorship of the "Mahabharata" is attributed to Vyasa. There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth and compositional layers. The oldest preserved parts of the text are thought to be not much older than around 400BCE, though the origins of the epic probably fall between the 8th and 9th centuries BCE. The text probably reached its final form by the early Gupta period (c. 4th century CE). The title may be translated as "the great tale of the Bharata dynasty". According to the "Mahabharata" itself, the tale is extended from a shorter version of 24,000 verses called simply "Bharata".

The "Mahabharata" is the longest epic poem known and has been described as "the longest poem ever written". Its longest version consists of over 100,000 "sloka" or over 200,000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages. About 1.8million words in total, the "Mahabharata" is roughly ten times the length of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" combined, or about four times the length of the "Ramayana". W. J. Johnson has compared the importance of the "Mahabharata" in the context of world civilization to that of the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, the works of Homer, Greek drama, or the Qur'an. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what are the 2 major Sanskrit epics of india
2. what is the longest epic poem known
3. what has compared the importance mahabharata to that of the bible
4. is the tail extended from a shorter version
5. what is Rsyasringa concidered
6. was the title translated
7. how old is it
8. does it compare to a greek drama
9. what about works of shakespear
10. and the qur an
Answer: 1. Mahabharata and the "Ramayana".
2. "Mahabharata"
3. . W. J. Johnson
4. yes
5. a work in its own right.
6. yes
7. around 400BCE
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes

Problem: (CNN) -- Looks like Dave Chappelle is making up for lost time.

The comedian, who famously and abruptly quit his acclaimed, wildly popular "Chappelle's Show" on Comedy Central in 2005 and dropped out of public life, seems to be a bit less reclusive these days.

He recently appeared on the "Late Show With David Letterman," telling the host he never actually quit but was instead "seven years late for work." He also "crashed" morning show "Today" by banging on the glass window and holding a sign advertising his comedy shows at Radio City Music Hall.

On Wednesday night, Chappelle played Radio City for a two-hour concert that the New York Daily News said showed he had "returned with his irreverent and often raunchy sense of humor fully intact."

"I'm just here to make enlightened money so I can disappear again," the paper quoted Chappelle as saying during his stand-up.

The New York Times noted that Chappelle's act reflected his almost a decade of absence from the set.

"Once you chat with Matt Lauer while holding a handmade sign plugging your new shows, your days as a reclusive rebel are over," Jason Zinoman of The New York Times wrote. "That shift is reflected in his comedy."

Chappelle has had a few pop-up and one-off performances over the years, including one in which he stormed off a Hartford, Connecticut, stage after being heckled. Sporting a more buff look but still chain-smoking cigarettes, Chappelle reportedly joked at Radio City about everything from the Donald Sterling controversy to life as a married father.
1. What venue did Dave Chappelle recently perform at?
2. When?
3. Was it a short set?
4. How long did it last?
5. Did he engage in any publicity stunts to promote it?
6. What did he do?
7. Where?
8. Was he booked as a guest?
9. Then how did he insure they saw him?
10. When did he stop doing his program?
11. Did he spend a lot of time out and about after that?
12. Did he give a lot of warning that the program would end?
13. Does he say that he had planned to stop performing?
14. What does he say happened?
15. Who did he say that to?
16. Did he talk about any recent current events in his performance?
17. Which one?
18. How many newspaper reviews are mentioned?
19. Are they in different cities?
20. Where are they published?
Answer: 1. Radio City Music Hall
2. Wednesday night
3. No
4. Two hours
5. Yes
6. He held a sign advertising it
7. The "Today" show
8. No
9. By banging on the glass window
10. In 2005
11. No
12. No
13. No
14. That he was "seven years late for work."
15. David Letterman
16. Yes
17. The Donald Sterling controversy
18. Two
19. No
20. New York

question: Chapter 15: Again At Tezcuco.

Until a late hour in the night, Roger sat talking to Cacama and his family. Although they had heard, from Bathalda, all that had happened from the time of their leaving Tezcuco to their arrival at Tlascala, he had to go over it again. Bathalda had told them that Roger had found a former acquaintance in Malinche, who was all powerful with the white leaders; and Amenche asked many questions concerning her--how Roger had known her before, and for how long; what she was like, and why he applied to her, instead of going straight to the white general.

"You have heard me speak of her before," Roger said, in answer to the first question. "I told you that I had learned your language from a Mexican slave girl, who was one of my attendants during the time I was at Tabasco. She was with me the whole time I was there, and if it had not been for learning the language from her, and conversing with her, I do not know how I should have got through the time. I was sorry to leave her behind, and promised her that, if ever I got rich enough here, I would send and purchase her freedom."

"You seem to have taken a strange interest in a slave girl!" Amenche said.

"It was natural that it should be so, Princess. I was little better than a slave, myself. At any rate I was a prisoner, and naturally took to the one person who was kind to me. We were companions and friends, rather than master and attendant; and directly I heard that she was with Cortez, and had gained great influence with him, I naturally went to her."
1. Who did Roger talk to?
2. Until when?
3. Where did they leave?
4. To go to where?
5. Who told the story before?
6. Who did Roger find?
7. Where?
8. Was the person influential?
9. With whom?
10. Was the acquaintance male or female?
11. Who queried about her?
12. Was the language they used Roger's mother tongue?
13. How did Roger learn it?
14. Where did he meet her?
15. Was she with him all the time?
16. How did he feel about going away from her?
17. What did he promise?
18. What is Amenche's nickname?
19. Who was the former slave with?
20. Did she have power over him?
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answer:
1. Cacama and his family
2. Late night.
3. Tezcuco
4. Tlascala
5. Bathalda
6. A former acquaintance.
7. Malinche
8. Yes, he was.
9. The white leaders
10. Female
11. Amenche
12. No they did not.
13. From a Mexican slave girl,
14. Tabasco.
15. She was.
16. Sorry.
17. He would purchase her freedom if he ever was rich enough.
18. Princess
19. Cortez,
20. Yes, great influence.