Premise: For six years he begged for his food, learned to meditate, and practiced severe self-mortification, but still felt no nearer to understanding life's suffering.

Hypothesis: He thought that the meditation was worth the enduring.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Three major volcanoes in the south, Naples' Vesuvius, and Sicily's Stromboli and Etna, are still active.

Hypothesis: The major volcanoes in the south are going to erupt soon.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: The man's voice was deep and quiet.

Hypothesis: The man's voice is low and deep.
Answer: yes

Premise: Follow the long avenue de la Grande-Armee down from l'Etoile and the battery of towers looms bigger and bigger beyond the elegant, leafy suburb of Neuilly.

Hypothesis: The avenue leads to the battery of towers.
Answer: yes