Question: A Republican tide ripped the Senate away from Democrats Tuesday, giving the GOP full control of Congress and the power to pin down President Barack Obama during his last two years in office.

The thumping win upends the balance of power between the White House and Capitol Hill only six years after Obama's Democrats swept to power and marginalized Republicans in a rush to reform health care, Wall Street and pass a huge stimulus package.

Now, it's Democrats who will take the back seat on Capitol Hill, relying mostly on the power of the filibuster to stymie Republicans and keep Obama's legacy intact.

"For too long, this administration has tried to tell the American people what is good for them and then blame somebody else when their policies didn't work out," Mitch McConnell, who is expected to become the next Senate majority leader, said in a victory speech.

In the House, CNN projected the GOP will have at least 246 seats, its largest majority since World War II. Speaker John Boehner, celebrating a widened majority, said he is "humbled by the responsibility the American people have placed with us."

"But this is not a time for celebration," he said. "It's time for government to start getting results and implementing solutions to the challenges facing our country, starting with our still-struggling economy.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has controlled the Senate since 2007, congratulated Republicans on their victory.

"The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together," Reid said. "I look forward to working with Senator McConnell to get things done for the middle class." 1. Who will now have control of Congress?
2. Who lost control?
3. who is thought to be the next likely Senate Leader?
4. how many members will the Republicans?
5. When is the last time they had such a lead?
6. Who is Speaker of the House?
7. how was he feeling?
8. What did Harry Reid do?
9. Who did the GOP victory make things difficult for?
10. what issues had they been working on?
11. how many years does the President have left in his term?
12. what happened to the conservatives when the Democrats were in the majority?
13. Did Boehner think it was time to party?
14. what problem did he want to begin solving?
15. What tool do the minority have to stop the GOP?
16. did the GOP gain members in the House?
17. when was Harry Reid chosen to lead the Senate?
18. did he feel he had gotten a clear signal from the citizens?
19. What did he think they wanted?
20. which group did he plan to help? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the GOP
2. the democrats
3. Mitch McConnell
4. at least 246 seats
5. World War II
6. John Boehner
7. humbled
8. Congratulated the Republicans
9. Obama
10. health care, Wall St, a stimulus package
11. two
12. they were marginalized
13. no
14. the economy
15. filibuster
16. yes
17. 2007
18. yes
19. both parties to work together
20. the middle class.

Question: CHAPTER IV. MONNA VALENTINA

In after years the Lord of Aquila was wont to aver in all solemnity that it was the sight of her wondrous beauty set up such a disorder in his soul that it overcame his senses, and laid him swooning at her feet. That he, himself, believed it so, it is not ours to doubt, for all that we may be more prone to agree with the opinion afterwards expressed by Fanfulla and the friar--and deeply resented by the Count--that in leaping to his feet in over-violent haste his wound re-opened, and the pain of this, combining with the weak condition that resulted from his loss of blood, had caused his sudden faintness.

"Who is this, Peppe?" she asked the fool, and he, mindful of the oath he had sworn, answered her brazenly that he did not know, adding that it was--as she might see---some poor wounded fellow.

"Wounded?" she echoed, and her glorious eyes grew very pitiful. "And alone?"

"There was a gentleman here, tending him, Madonna; but he is gone with Fra Domenico to the Convent of Acquasparta to seek the necessaries to mend his shoulder."

"Poor gentleman," she murmured, approaching the fallen figure. "How came he by his hurt?"

"That, Madonna, is more than I can tell."

"Can we do nothing for him until his friends return?" was her next question, bending over the Count as she spoke. "Come, Peppino," she cried, "lend me your aid. Get me water from the brook, yonder."

The fool looked about him for a vessel, and his eye falling upon the Count's capacious hat, he snatched it up, and went his errand. When he returned, the lady was kneeling with the unconscious man's head in her lap. Into the hatful of water that Peppe brought her she dipped a kerchief, and with this she bathed the brow on which his long black hair lay matted and disordered. 1. What happened when he jumped up quickly?
2. Why?
3. Who took pity upon him?
4. Was there someone helping him previously?
5. Why did he leave?
6. To treat what body part?
7. Did he leave with someone else?
8. Who?
9. Where were they headed?
10. Did she want to help him?
11. Who did she ask for help in fetching something?
12. What did she ask him to fetch?
13. From where?
14. Did he return with it?
15. Where did he put the water?
16. Whose hat was it?
17. What did she dip into it?
18. What did she do with that?
19. Was his hair tidy?
20. What color was it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. he fainted
2. loss of blood
3. MONNA VALENTINA
4. yes
5. to get medical supplies
6. his shoulder
7. yes
8. Fra Domenico
9. Convent of Acquasparta t
10. yes
11. Peppino
12. water
13. the brook
14. yes
15. a hat
16. Lord of Aquila
17. kerchief,
18. bathed his brow
19. no
20. black