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

PETERS' OFFER

Wyndham and Flora were married at a small country church. The morning was bright and the sun touched the east window with vivid color and pierced the narrow lancets on the south. Red and green reflections stained the mosaics inside the chancel rails, but shadows lurked behind the arches and pillars, for the old building had no clerestory.

Mabel was bridesmaid, Marston was groomsman, and as he waited for a few moments by the rails he looked about. Commodore Chisholm had numerous friends, and for the most part Marston knew the faces turned towards the chancel. He had sailed hard races against some of the men and danced with their wives and daughters. They were sober English folk, and he was glad they had come to stamp with their approval his partner's wedding. Some, however, he could not see, because they sat back in the gloom.

Then he glanced at his companions. He was nervous, but Mabel was marked by her serene calm. Flora's look was rather fixed, and although she had not much color, her pose was resolute and proud. Marston wondered whether she felt she was making something of a plunge; but if she did so, he knew she would not hesitate. Chisholm's face was quiet and perhaps a trifle stern; he looked rather old, and Marston imagined him resigned. The Commodore was frank; one generally knew what he felt. All three looked typically English, but Wyndham did not. Although his eyes were very blue and his hair was touched by red, he was different from the others. His face, as Marston saw it in profile, was thin and in a way ascetic, but it wore a stamp of recklessness. His pose was strangely alert and highly strung. There was something exotic about him. 1. Was Mabel nervous?
2. What about Marston?
3. Who was the groom?
4. Who was the bride?
5. Were they married at night?
6. Where was the wedding?
7. Who else was there?
8. Did he have a lot of friends?
9. Did he wear his heart on his sleeve?
10. What color eyes did Wyndham have?
11. Who was the groomsman?
12. Who was the bridesmaid?
13. What did Marston wonder?
numbered_answers: 1. no
2. He was nervous
3. Marston
4. Flora
5. no
6. at a small country church
7. Commodore Chisholm
8. yes
9. yes
10. blue
11. Marston
12. Mabel
13. wondered if Flora felt she was making something of a plunge

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Arabic (, ' or ' or ) is a Central Semitic language complex that first emerged in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the "lingua franca" of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, in northwestern Arabia, and in the Sinai peninsula.

The modern written language (Modern Standard Arabic) is derived from Classical Arabic. It is widely taught in schools and universities, and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, government, and the media. The two formal varieties are grouped together as Literary Arabic ("fusha"), which is the official language of 26 states and the liturgical language of Islam. Modern Standard Arabic largely follows the grammatical standards of Classical Arabic and uses much of the same vocabulary. However, it has discarded some grammatical constructions and vocabulary that no longer have any counterpart in the spoken varieties, and has adopted certain new constructions and vocabulary from the spoken varieties. Much of the new vocabulary is used to denote concepts that have arisen in the post-classical era, especially in modern times.

During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have also borrowed many words from it. Arabic influence, mainly in vocabulary, is seen in European languages, mainly Spanish and to a lesser extent Portuguese, Valencian and Catalan, owing to both the proximity of Christian European and Muslim Arab civilizations and 800 years of Arabic culture and language in the Iberian Peninsula, referred to in Arabic as al-Andalus. Sicilian has about 500 Arabic words as result of Sicily being progressively conquered by Saracens from North Africa, from the mid 9th to mid 10th centuries. Many of these words relate to agriculture and related activities (Hull and Ruffino). Balkan languages, including Greek and Bulgarian, have also acquired a significant number of Arabic words through contact with Ottoman Turkish. 1. what type of language is it
2. when did it come about
3. in what country
4. what words are used to describe it in the arab world
5. what was the term first used for
6. where does the modern day language come from
7. is this a language that is taught in a lot of places
8. what are the two varieties of the language
9. Which one is the vofficial language in 26 states
10. Is it also a language used in Islam
11. What does the modern language not include anymore
12. Where was literary arabic used a lot in middle ages
13. what country
14. do some european languages now use words from it
15. what is the main language it is seen in
16. who has roughly 500 arabic words
17. why is this
18. during what centuries
19. what other languages have used their words
20. from contact with who
numbered_answers:
1. A Central Semitic language complex
2. The Iron Age
3. northwestern Arabia
4. Lingua Franca
5. To describe people living in certain regions.
6. Classical Arabic
7. Yes.
8. Literary and Modern Standard Arabic
9. Literary Arabic.
10. Yes
11. Grammatical constructions and some vocabulary.
12. Science, mathematics and philosophy.
13. Throughout Europe.
14. Yes.
15. Spanish
16. Sicily.
17. They were conquered by Saracens from North Africa.
18. The ninth to mid tenth centuries.
19. Greek and Bulgarian
20. The Ottoman Turkish.