Q: Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The mortality rate in Moscow, Russia, has "doubled recently" because of an extended streak of heat and smog, Andrei Seltsovsky, the head of the city health department, told Russian news agencies Monday.

Seltsovsky said that the average daily mortality rate in Moscow is 360 to 380 cases, but "today the rate is around 700."

Out of 1,500 slots in city morgues, 1,300 were occupied, he added.

The death toll directly attributed to the country's recent spate of wildfires remained at 52, the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry said on its website Monday. Another 62 people across Russia were in hospitals with wildfire-related ailments, and in all, 741 people had sought wildfire-related medical assistance, it said.

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The ministry said 22 out of the country's 83 regions, mostly in central Russia, are affected by wildfires. And no relief is in sight, with temperatures forecast to remain high in central and northwestern Russia through August 20.

The Russian meteorological service Roshydromet said on its website Monday that the level of air pollution will remain high in and around Moscow in the coming days.

"The air will remain filled with products burning in forest and peat fires, and with toxic emission coming from motor vehicles and industrial enterprises," Roshydromet said.

It asked Moscow's industrial businesses to start cutting emissions by 20 to 40 percent from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday to help reduce air pollution.

Alexander Frolov, who heads Roshydromet, appeared live on Russian state TV on Monday. He said high levels of pollutants in the Moscow air pose a serious danger to Muscovites' health.

Answer the following questions:
1. In what country does the article take place?
2. What is causing health problems?
3. Is it a brief period of these?
4. What negative effects have the population felt?
5. Was is the normal number of people dying in a day in Moscow?
6. But what was it increased to?
7. Does the article mention another way people are dying in Russia?
8. What is the cause of these other deaths?
9. How many people have been killed in this way?
10. How many people needed attention from doctors due to the fires?
11. Is the entire country affected by the fires?
12. How many regions?
13. What part of the country are those regions in?
14. Are temperatures thought to drop soon?
15. What about pollution levels?
16. What is the country's weather service called?
17. What has Roshydromet asked of businesses in Moscow?
18. By what percent?
19. When?
20. Who's the leader of that agency?
A: 1. Russia
2. heat and smog
3. no
4. The mortality rate has doubled
5. 360 to 380
6. 700
7. Yes
8. Wildfires
9. 52
10. 741
11. No
12. 22
13. Mostly in central Russia
14. No
15. No
16. Roshydromet
17. to start cutting emissions
18. 20 to 40 percent
19. from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday
20. Alexander Frolov
Q: In the Pre-Modern era, many people's sense of self and purpose was often expressed via a faith in some form of deity, be that in a single God or in many gods. Pre-modern cultures have not been thought of creating a sense of distinct individuality, though. Religious officials, who often held positions of power, were the spiritual intermediaries to the common person. It was only through these intermediaries that the general masses had access to the divine. Tradition was sacred to ancient cultures and was unchanging and the social order of ceremony and morals in a culture could be strictly enforced.

The term "modern" was coined in the 16th century to indicate present or recent times (ultimately derived from the Latin adverb modo, meaning "just now). The European Renaissance (about 14201630), which marked the transition between the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern times, started in Italy and was spurred in part by the rediscovery of classical art and literature, as well as the new perspectives gained from the Age of Discovery and the invention of the telescope and microscope, expanding the borders of thought and knowledge.

Answer the following questions:
1. How was Pre Modern Era sense of self expressed?
2. When was the term "modern" coined?
3. What for?
4. Did people worship one God?
5. What is the meaning of "modern"?
6. What language is it derived from?
7. For how long did the European Renaissance last?
8. From which year to which year was that?
9. Where did it begin?
10. What spurred it?
11. the renaissance period began a transition between what two eras?
A: 1. faith in some form of deity
2. 16th century
3. indicate present or recent times
4. or in many gods
5. just now
6. Latin
7. about 14201630 210 years
8. 14201630
9. Italy
10. rediscovery of classical art and literature, as well as the new perspectives gained from the Age of Discovery and the invention of the telescope and microscope
11. the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern times
Q: The man who jumped the White House fence earlier this month and breached the mansion's doors actually made it farther than originally thought, officials said Monday.

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Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Iraq war veteran who had a knife in his pocket, overcame one Secret Service officer and ran into the East Room of the White House, where he was then subdued, a federal law enforcement said.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who was provided the information by whistleblowers during his congressional investigation into the incident, also confirmed the details of what now appears to be a wild chase through the main floor of the White House, first reported by the Washington Post.

The Secret Service had previously stated that Gonzalez was stopped after entering the front door of the North Portico.

Gonzalez ran through much of the main floor, past a stairway that leads up to the first family's residence, and was ultimately stopped at the far southern end of the East Room. He also reached the doorway to the Green Room, an area that looks out on the South Lawn.

No shots were fired inside the White House, the federal law official said.

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The Secret Service has not yet commented on the new details.

"I could not be more proud of the individual agents, but I worry that Director (Julia) Pierson and the leadership there at the Secret Service is failing them," Chaffetz said Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Answer the following questions:
1. What did the White house fence jumper have?
2. What mental illness did the fence jumper have?
3. Who stated that Gonzalez was stopped after entering the front door?
4. Gonzalez ran through which floor?
5. Where was he finally stopped?
6. Did anyone shoot?
7. Who provided Chaffetz with information?
8. Did he make it further than they originally thought?
9. How old is Omar?
10. What country was he a war vet from?
11. Did he have any weapons on him?
A:
1. knife
2. unknown
3. Rep. Jason Chaffetz
4. main floor,
5. the far southern end of the East Room
6. No
7. whistleblowers
8. made it farther than originally thought
9. 42
10. Iraq
11. knife