input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XIII

SHOCKS ALL ROUND

Billie had been standing near the wall, inspecting a portrait of the late Mr. Josiah Appleby, of which the kindest thing one can say is that one hopes it did not do him justice. She now shrank back against this wall, as if she were trying to get through it. The edge of the portrait's frame tilted her hat out of the straight, but in this supreme moment she did not even notice it.

"Er--how do you do?" she said.

If she had not been an exceedingly pretty girl, one would have said that she spoke squeakily. The fighting spirit of the Bennetts, though it was considerable fighting spirit, had not risen to this emergency. It had ebbed out of her, leaving in its place a cold panic. She had seen this sort of thing in the movies--there was one series of pictures, "The Dangers of Diana," where something of the kind had happened to the heroine in every reel--but she had not anticipated that it would ever happen to her; and consequently she had not thought out any plan for coping with such a situation. A grave error. In this world one should be prepared for everything, or where is one?

"I've brought the revolver," said Mr. Peters.

"So--so I see!" said Billie.

Mr. Peters nursed the weapon affectionately in his hand. He was rather a shy man with women as a rule, but what Sam had told him about her being interested in his revolver had made his heart warm to this girl. 1. What did Billie not notice?
2. by what?
3. Where was the frame?
4. was there a picture in the frame?
5. whos?
6. who had a fighting spirit?
7. how was Billie feeling?
8. what was she thinking about?
9. what thing?
10. did it have a name?
11. which was?
12. did she feel this was happening to her?
13. what exactly?
14. was she prepared?
15. Who was she speaking with?
16. what did he bring with him?
17. did Billie know he was going to bring it?
18. did she hask about it?
19. who told Mr. Peters she was interested in it?
20. how did Mr. Peters feel?
numbered_answers: 1. her hat was tilted
2. the portrait's frame
3. the wall
4. yes
5. Mr. Josiah Appleby,
6. the Bennetts
7. panic
8. that she had seen this sort of thing before
9. in one series of pictures
10. yes
11. The Dangers of Diana
12. yes
13. something of the kind had happened to the heroine in every reel
14. no
15. Mr. Peters
16. revolver,
17. yes
18. no
19. sam
20. made his heart warm

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- It was a case of deja vu at Cheltenham on Wednesday as Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins took the opening race for a second day in a row.

Favorite Faugheen proved too classy for rivals in the Novices' Hurdle, powering away from Ballyalton and Rathvinden to land another win for flamboyant American owner Rich Ricci.

"Gosh, that was magic wasn't it?" former banker Ricci told reporters. "He was just brilliant. He's been a very hard horse to keep right but Willie and Ruby have done a fantastic job with him."

Sprinter Sacre, one of the brightest stars of National Hunt racing, is sadly absent from this year's Festival as vets continue to ponder his irregular heartbeat, but the magnificent Selle Francais did have a representative in the winners' enclosure in the shape of jockey Nico de Boinville.

Sprinter Sacre's regular work rider got up on Whisper to deny AP McCoy on Get Me Out of Here in a photo finish in the day's main handicap.

Beating perennial Champion jockey McCoy added to the pleasure for amateur De Boinville, who said:"I was very, very worried when I could see him coming up to me, but it's such a great feeling when they jump and travel as well as my horse did. I didn't have a clue that I'd won -- you don't dream this sort of thing happens."

In the day's feature race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, Sire de Grugy produced the fairytale ending that connections and neutrals were hoping for by running away with the title by six lengths from Somersby and Module. 1. What type of race is mentioned in the article?
2. Where was it helt?
3. On what day?
4. Who were the two horses that took the opening race?
5. Who is considered the brightest star of the National Hunt race?
6. Was he participating?
7. Why?
8. Who is Nico de Boinville?
9. Who did he defeat?
10. Who is the Queen Mother Champion?
numbered_answers: 1. opening race
2. Cheltenham
3. Wednesday
4. Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins
5. Sprinter Sacre
6. No
7. irregular heartbeat
8. jockey
9. McCoy
10. Sire de Grugy

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. A biblical canon or canon of scripture is a set of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture. The English word "canon" comes from the Greek , meaning "rule" or "measuring stick". Christians became the first to use the term in reference to scripture, but Eugene Ulrich regards the idea as Jewish.

Most of the canons listed below are considered "closed" (i.e., books cannot be added or removed), reflecting a belief that public revelation has ended and thus some person or persons can gather approved inspired texts into a complete and authoritative canon, which scholar Bruce Metzger defines as "an authoritative collection of books". In contrast, an "open canon", which permits the addition of books through the process of continuous revelation, Metzger defines as "a collection of authoritative books".

These canons have developed through debate (canonology) and agreement on the part of the religious authorities of their respective faiths and denominations. Believers consider canonical books as inspired by God or as expressive of the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people. Some books such as the Jewish-Christian gospels, have been excluded from various canons altogether, but many disputed booksconsidered non-canonical or even apocryphal by someare considered to be Biblical apocrypha or Deuterocanonical or fully canonical by others. Differences exist between the Jewish Tanakh and Christian biblical canons, although the Jewish Tanakh did form the basis for the Christian Old Testament, and between the canons of different Christian denominations. The differing criteria and processes of canonization dictate what the various communities regard as inspired scripture. In some cases where varying strata of scriptural inspiration have accumulated, it becomes prudent to discuss texts that only have an elevated status within a particular tradition. This becomes even more complex when considering the open canons of the various Latter Day Saint sectswhich one may view as extensions of Christianity (and thus of Judaism)and the scriptural revelations purportedly given to several leaders over the years within that movement. 1. Where does the English word Canon come from?
2. What have the caonons developed through?
3. How does Bruce Metzger define an Authoritive canon?
4. What does an open cannon permit?
5. How does Metzger define an open canon?
6. Are there differences in the Jewish Tanakh and Christian biblical canons?
7. What is the definition of the greek word canon comes from?
8. Where does it become prudent to discuss texts that only have an elevated status within a particular tradition?
9. Did the Jewish Tanakh for the basis for the Christian Old Testament?
10. What group became the first to use the term?
numbered_answers:
1. the Greek
2. debate
3. an authoritative collection of books
4. the addition of books
5. a collection of authoritative books
6. yes
7. rule
8. cases where varying strata of scriptural inspiration have accumulated
9. yes
10. Christians