Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

What am I going to wear today? That daily question often wastes us time and causes stress. Some people have many clothes and might still think , "There 's nothing to wear . "But, what if they have only six items of clothing to choose from and wear for an entire month ? That's the idea behind Six Items or Less.

Six Items or Less is a social experiment , a gentle way of saying "no" to fashion consumerism and the high cost of clothing . Heidi Hackemer came up with the idea . She shared their idea with her friends . And all of a sudden , they had almost 100 people from around the world saying that they wanted to take part in this experiment .

It was an interesting month for them . Hackemer was surprised at how few people noticed that she was wearing the same six items the whole month . Having fewer choices reduced stress in her life . " I learned what's really important and what's really worth stressing . I also found that this simplicity exists in other parts of my life . I realized that physical things that we allow into our world , really blocks our mind . And our mind can be quite a powerful and positive thing if we cleared up a little bit ."

Kristy Hogue said the experiment inspired her to reexamine her life . With six items , at first she was really excited and everything was working out perfectly and she never got bored . Then she started to feel a little bored . Then she eventually accepted it and started to be more relaxed .

Alexander was one of the 40 men "sixers". The most difficult part for him was having to wash clothes by hand every day . But the experiment changed his opinion on what makes people happy . "We have many choices for everything . But all those choices don't necessarily lead up to any kind of satisfaction . We are crazy about novelty . In fact , slowing down a little bit and considering your choices a little tightly , actually leads to more time , more happiness and more content .

1. loosly, what is this article about?
2. Who came up with the idea?
3. Did others participate with her idea?
4. How many?
5. Did anyone notice?
6. was she stressed?
7. Who is Alexander?
8. How many?
9. Did he have more time?
10. What else did he have more of?
11. What else?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Six Items or Less
2. Heidi Hackemer
3. yes
4. 100
5. few people
6. No
7. man "sixers"
8. 40
9. yes
10. more happiness
11. more content

Question: CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

AFTER-THOUGHTS.

"You are easily frightened, though," said Piero, with another scornful laugh. "My portrait is not as good as the original. But the old fellow _had_ a tiger look: I must go into the Duomo and see him again."

"It is not pleasant to be laid hold of by a madman, if madman he be," said Lorenzo Tornabuoni, in polite excuse of Tito, "but perhaps he is only a ruffian. We shall hear. I think we must see if we have authority enough to stop this disturbance between our people and your countrymen," he added, addressing the Frenchman.

They advanced toward the crowd with their swords drawn, all the quiet spectators making an escort for them. Tito went too: it was necessary that he should know what others knew about Baldassarre, and the first palsy of terror was being succeeded by the rapid devices to which mortal danger will stimulate the timid.

The rabble of men and boys, more inclined to hoot at the soldier and torment him than to receive or inflict any serious wounds, gave way at the approach of signori with drawn swords, and the French soldier was interrogated. He and his companions had simply brought their prisoners into the city that they might beg money for their ransom: two of the prisoners were Tuscan soldiers taken in Lunigiana; the other, an elderly man, was with a party of Genoese, with whom the French foragers had come to blows near Fivizzano. He might be mad, but he was harmless. The soldier knew no more, being unable to understand a word the old man said. Tito heard so far, but he was deaf to everything else till he was specially addressed. It was Tornabuoni who spoke. 1. Who is easily frightened?
2. What did Tito want to know?
3. who was going into the Duomo again?
4. Did they draw their weapons when walking towards the crowd?
5. did Tito go to?
6. Did the crowd get out of their way?
7. what was the French soldier doing beforehand?
8. why?
9. Were the men around the soldier likely to hurt him?
10. how many captees did the French soldier bring to town?
11. who were they?
12. was the elderly man a risk to anyone?
13. Did he seem sane?
14. Where was he from?
15. Could the French soldier comprehend his language? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Tito
2. What the others knew about Baldassarre
3. Piero,
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes
7. brigning prisoners to the city
8. for ransom
9. no
10. three
11. two were soldiers and one was an elderly man
12. no
13. no
14. Genoa
15. no

Q: In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word ' , meaning "My Master" (irregular plural ' ), which is the way a student would address a master of Torah. The word "master" "" literally means "great one".

The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic and Talmudic era, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The first sage for whom the Mishnah uses the title of rabbi was Yohanan ben Zakkai, active in the early to mid first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance.

Within the various Jewish denominations there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is to be recognized as a rabbi. For example, Orthodox Judaism does not ordain women as rabbis, but other movements have chosen to do so for halakhic reasons (Conservative Judaism) as well as ethical reasons (Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism).

1. Judaism.
2. A rabbi.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist.
6. For halakhic reasons.
7. Orthodox Judaism.
8. Torah.
9. "My Master."
10. The Pharisaic and Talmudic era.
11. Yohanan ben Zakkai.
12. The early to mid first century CE.
13. The duties of the Protestant Christian minister.
14. "Pulpit rabbis."
15. 19th-century.
16. Germany and the United States.
17. Sermons.
18. Pastoral counseling.
19. More.
20. "Great one".

Numbered questions:
1. What religious is this about?
2. What is a teacher of this religion called?
3. Do all variations use the exact same method of choosing them?
4. Can a woman be one?
5. Which ones?
6. For what purposes?
7. What version says no to a woman doing it?
8. What exactly do they teach?
9. What does the name mean?
10. What time period did they develop?
11. What was the name of the first one?
12. When was this?
13. What influences the more recent ones?
14. What name were they given?
15. In what time frame are the most recent ones referenced?
16. And in what countries during this time?
17. What sort of activity do they engage in?
18. Anything else?
19. Have these services become more or less important?
20. What does the term that students would call the educator mean in literal terms?