Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Neoplatonism is a modern term for a strand of Platonic philosophy that started with Plotinus in the 3rd century CE. Neoplatonic philosophy derives the whole of reality from a single principle, "the One," an idea which is still popular in modern-day spirituality.

Three distinct phases in Classical Neoplatonism after Plotinus can be distinguished: the work of his student Porphyry; that of Iamblichus and his school in Syria; and the period in the fifth and sixth centuries, when the Academies in Alexandria and Athens flourished. The work of Proclus (412-485) had a lasting influence in the dissemination of Neoplatonism after the closing of the Platonic Academy in Athens in 529 CE by Justinian I.

In the Middle Ages, Neoplatonic ideas were studied and discussed by Islamic, Christian, and Jewish thinkers. In the Islamic cultural sphere, Neoplatonic texts were available in Arabic translations, and notable thinkers such as al-Farabi, Solomon ibn Gabirol ("Avicebron"), Avicenna and Moses Maimonides incorporated Neoplatonic elements into their own thinking.

Latin translations of Late Ancient Neoplatonic texts were first available in the Christian West in the 9th century, and became influential from the 12th century onward. Thomas Aquinas had direct access to works by Proclus, Simplicius and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and he knew about other Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus and Porphyry, through secondhand sources. Meister Eckhart was also influenced by Neoplatonism, propagating a contemplative way of life which points to the Godhead beyond the nameable God.
1. What fist became available in the 9th Century?
2. When did they become more meaningful?
3. What does Neoplatonism mean?
4. When did it begin?
5. By who?
6. Anyone else?
7. Who?
8. Is it used today?
9. How so?
10. Did different religions use it?
11. When?
12. Which ones?
13. Can you give an example of someone famous that used it?
14. Any others?
15. When was he born?

Numbered answers:
1. Latin translations of Late Ancient Neoplatonic texts
2. from the 12th century onward.
3. it is a modern term for a strand of Platonic philosophy
4. 3rd century CE
5. Plotinus
6. yes
7. Porphyry
8. yes
9. it is still popular in modern-day spirituality
10. yes
11. In the Middle Ages
12. by Islamic, Christian, and Jewish thinkers
13. al-Farabi
14. Solomon ibn Gabirol ("Avicebron")
15. unknown

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was Anabella De Leon's frail 86-year-old mother who answered the door when the men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon,'" De Leon told CNN. The visit left her mother crying, anxious and shocked.

Congresswoman Anabella de Leon with her husband in London for a performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.

That was four months ago. No attempt on her life has been made, De Leon said, but she still looks over her shoulder, takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.

Anabella De Leon is not well known outside Guatemala. Within the Central American country though, she has made headlines as an outspoken critic of corruption. She's serving her fourth term in Congress as a member of the Patriotic Party, which last weekend elected her to one of its top posts of Third National Secretary.

The death threats are not new. Since 2002, she's been protected by at least one security guard on request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Her 26-year-old son is also shadowed by a security guard; a precautionary move in response to earlier threats connected to De Leon's anti-corruption efforts.

"The fight against corruption doesn't give you friends," she said. "[It] gives you enemies, important and dangerous enemies," she told CNN during a recent trip to London for a performance of the play "Seven," which profiles De Leon and six other international female leaders. Read more about "Seven."
1. What is her name?
2. How old is her mother?
3. How long ago did it happen?

Numbered answers:
1. Anabella De Leon
2. 86
3. four months ago

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Jayne Fisher watched anxiously as her 17-year-old daughter Katie pulled her lamb into the Madison County Junior Livestock for sale.

Katie was battling cancer. This was her first chance in months to be outdoors having fun, away from hospitals and treatments, and she had come with high hopes for earning some money for her treatment. She had _ a little on her decision to part with the lamb, but with lamb averaging two dollars a pound, Katie was looking forward to it. So the bidding(began.

That's when Roger Wilson, the auctioneer , had a sudden inspiration that brought some unexpected results. "We sort of let everybody here know that Katie had a situation that wasn't too pleasant," is how he tells it. He hoped that his introduction would push the bidding up, at least a little bit.

Well, the lamb sold for $11.50 a pound, but things didn't stop there. The buyer paid up, then decided to give the lamb back so that it could be sold again.

That started a chain reaction, with families buying the animal and giving it back, over and over again. When local businesses started buying and returning, the earnings really began to pile up. The first sale is the only one Katie's mom remembers. After that, she was crying too hard as the crowd kept shouting, "Resell! Resell! "

Katie's lamb was sold 36 times that day, and the last buyer gave it back for good. Katie ended up with more than $16,000 to pay her medical expenses----and she still got to keep her famous lamb.
1. Who raised a lamb?
2. How old was Katie?
3. Where was she selling the lamb?
4. What malady did Katie have?
5. How much did lamb typically sell for?
6. How much did it sell for the first time it was sold?
7. Why did she sell the lamb?
8. Who was the auctioneer?
9. Did he hide the fact that Katie had a situation?
10. How many times was the lamb sold?
Numbered answers:
1. Jayne Fisher
2. 17-year-old
3. Madison County Junior Livestock
4. cancer
5. $11.50 a pound
6. $16,000
7. to pay her medical expenses
8. Roger Wilson
9. No
10. 36 times