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

AN ARRANT KNAVE

In the street below, not far from the house which he had just quitted, Stoutenburg came on Nicolaes and Jan ensconced in the dark against a wall. Beresteyn quickly explained to his friend the reason of his presence here.

"I came with Jan," he said, "because I wished to speak with you without delay."

"Come as far as the cathedral then," said Stoutenburg curtly. "I feel that in this vervloekte street the walls and windows are full of ears and prying eyes. Jan," he added, turning to the other man, "you must remain here and on no account lose sight of that rascal when he leaves this house. Follow him in and out of Haarlem, and if you do not see me again to-night, join me at Ryswyk as soon as you can, and come there prepared with full knowledge of his plans."

Leaving Jan in observation the two men made their way now in the direction of the Groote Markt. It was still very cold, even though there was a slight suspicion in the air of a coming change in the weather: a scent as of the south wind blowing from over the estuaries, while the snow beneath the feet had lost something of its crispness and purity. The thaw had not yet set in, but it was coquetting with the frost, challenging it to a passage of arms, wherein either combatant might completely succumb.

As Stoutenburg had surmised the porch of the cathedral was lonely and deserted, even the beggars had all gone home for the night. A tiny lamp fixed into the panelling of the wall flickered dimly in the draught. Stoutenburg sat down on the wooden bench--dark and polished with age, which ran alongside one of the walls, and with a brusque and febrile gesture drew his friend down beside him. 1. Who did Stoutenburg run into?
2. Where?
3. Where was the dark? Close to something?
4. Was there anyone with him?
5. Who?
6. Why did he come with Jan?
7. Did they have their talk there, in the dark?
8. Where did they go?
9. Did they make it without incident?
10. Was it crowded?
11. Why not?
12. So all the lights were off?
13. Was it bright?
14. Did they sit on a bench, or did they stand?
15. Was it cold outside?
16. Was it just as cold in the church?
17. Why did they go to the church, then?
18. Did Jan go with them?
19. What did she do instead?
20. Why?
numbered_answers: 1. Nicolaes
2. In the dark
3. against a wall
4. Yes
5. Jan
6. To speak with Stoutenburg without delay
7. No
8. To the cathedral
9. Yes
10. No
11. Everyone had gone home
12. No
13. No
14. They sat
15. Yes
16. unknown
17. Stoutenberg thinks talking in the streets unwise
18. No
19. Stayed to watch the house
20. To follow him, should he leave

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The University of Washington (commonly referred to as UW, simply Washington, or informally "U-Dub") is a large, public flagship research university in Seattle, Washington, established in 1861.

Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast. It has three campuses, with the oldest and largest being located in the University District of Seattle and two others in Tacoma and Bothell. The university is among the most reputable and most competitive within the United States. Overall, Washington encompasses 500 buildings and over 20 million gross square footage of space, including over 26 university libraries, the UW Tower office building, art centers, museums, lecture halls, laboratories and conference centers.

Washington is a member of the Association of American Universities and is consistently ranked among the top 15 universities in the world by a variety of international publications. The University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees through its 140 departments, organized into various colleges and schools. Its alumni, faculty and students include Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Fulbright Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, as well as members of distinguished institutions. Washington is home to the best medical school in the U.S., as well as some of the nation's top schools in business, computer science, engineering, law, pharmacy and statistics. In athletics, the university competes in the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Its athletic teams are called the Huskies. 1. Where is UW?
2. What does that stand for?
3. Is it a private school?
4. What is it?
5. When did it begin/
6. What does it have membership in?
7. How many departments does it have?
8. How many types of degrees do they give?
9. What are they?
10. How does it's medical school compare to the rest in the country?
11. What athletic groups is it part of?
12. What are the teams named?
13. How many libraries does it have?
14. How many locations?
15. Which one has been around the longest?
16. Is it the biggest?
17. Where are the rest?
18. Do they have Museums?
19. Have any of it's alumni won prizes?
20. Which one?
numbered_answers: 1. Seattle, Washington
2. The University of Washington
3. no
4. public research university
5. established in 1861
6. the Association of American Universities
7. 140
8. three
9. bachelor's, master's and doctoral
10. it's the best
11. the Pac-12 Conference
12. Huskies.
13. over 26
14. three
15. the one in the University District of Seattle
16. yes
17. Tacoma and Bothell
18. yes
19. yes
20. Nobel and Pulitzer

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. In a telephone call Monday between Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia's border as "unprecedented."

According to the official Russian version of the call, his American counterpart assured him the alliance did not have "provocative or expansionist" intentions -- and that Russia should know this.

But it hardly seems to matter how often NATO makes these assurances. The Kremlin will never trust them. Fear of the Western military alliance's steady march east is deep-rooted. It strikes at the very heart of Russia's national sense of security, a relic of Cold War enmity which has seeped down to post-Soviet generations.

Ilya Saraev is a 15-year-old pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow. He thinks long and hard when I ask him about NATO. "I think NATO might be a friend to Russia but there's one point I don't understand: Why it needs to approach the border with Russia more and more," he says.

Cadet school is an education in patriotism, like something from a bygone era. Besides the regular classes, there are lessons in ballroom dancing. Teenage cadets proudly leading local beauties through the waltz while outside their classmates rehearse the goosestep.

After the takeover of Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of behaving in a 19th century fashion in the 21st century. In some ways it's an epithet that seems to ring true here. The children are immaculately mannered and thoughtful. They write to their fellow cadets in Crimea. They say they feel sad there's this tension between brother nations -- Russia and Ukraine. 1. Who is Chuck Hagel?
2. Did he describe something?
3. Who did?
4. Was the pairing povocative according to him?
5. Whi is a teen?
6. Is he a soldier?
7. What is he?
8. What type of school is that?
9. Is this a new form of education?
10. When is it from?
numbered_answers:
1. U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel,
2. No
3. Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu
4. no
5. Ilya Saraev
6. No
7. A pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow
8. an education in patriotism
9. No
10. from a bygone era