Problem: Annie's sister, Julia, was having a birthday party in the afternoon. Annie's mother was going to bake the cake for the party. Mother asked Annie to help her bake the cake. They chose to make a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Annie got the bowls and the ingredients they would need for the cake. She helped measure the flour, the sugar and the cocoa. Once her mother added the rest of the ingredients, Annie was allowed to stir the ingredients in the bowl. She helped to pour the cake mix into two pans and then put them in the oven. The smell of the cake made Annie hungry. While the cake was baking, Annie helped her mother make the chocolate frosting. Her mother let her lick the spoon when they were done mixing the frosting. Once the cake was done, Annie and her mother took the cake out of the oven and let it cool, and then they frosted it. They ate the chocolate cake at Julia's party with scoops of vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberries. Annie gave their dog, Sunny, a little piece of cake too!
1. Who was Annie's sister?
2. What was she doing?
3. When?
4. Who was preparing it?
5. What was she going to do?
6. Who helped?
7. What type of cake?
8. With what type of frosting?
9. What'd she gather?
10. How many things did she help measure?
11. And what were they?
12. Who added the rest?
13. And who stirred?
14. What'd they do then?
15. And then?
16. How'd Annie feel?
17. Why?
18. What'd they make while it was in the oven?
19. What'd Annie lick?
20. When?
Answer: 1. Julia
2. having a birthday party
3. in the afternoon.
4. Annie's mother
5. bake the cake
6. Annie
7. chocolate
8. chocolate
9. the bowls and the ingredients they would need for the cake
10. Three
11. the flour, the sugar and the cocoa.
12. her mother
13. Annie
14. poured the cake mix into two pans
15. put them in the oven
16. hungry
17. Because of he smell of the cake
18. the chocolate frosting
19. the spoon
20. when they were done mixing the frosting.

Problem: Welcome to the world of multitasking -- a place where the measure of a person is how many jobs they can perform at the same time. In fact, if experts are to be believed, multitasking is a disastrous idea.

One of the opponents of multitasking is Dr. Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University. "People who multitask frequently are less able to pay attention; they're worse at managing their memory." he said. In his opinion, the loss that we get with multitasking is harmless in some situations, for example, part of doing business in the digital world: but you can't do serious work like writing, thinking or solving an important problem this way. You do worse even as you think you're doing better. All the time the research points to a simple fact: the brain cannot cope. When you stop midway through composing a report to check an email, you force your brain to stop and regroup. It is like pressing the pause button during a movie, meaning the film takes longer to watch.

And as for Dr. Nass, the problems extend beyond the brain. Young people who frequently multitask are not as socially and emotionally healthy as those who don't. They just feel more emotionally satisfied and the feeling is so good and they are bound to desire it again. Todd Oppenheimer, a writer said "We've become a very short-term society and don't reward people for taking a lot of time on something." He fears we may end up losing the next generation of great thinkers. "It's really unfortunate because the long-term challenges of our world -- environmental issues, financial issues -- require people to think wisely about the long-term consequences of what they do. And it's no coincidence that the kind of people who do think long-term don't multitask."
1. Who is one of the opponents of multitasking?
2. Where does he teach?
3. Do the problems extend beyond the brain?
4. Into which other areas?
5. What does all the research point to?
6. Can you write, think or solve important problems when multitasking?
7. What does Todd Oppenheimer fear?
8. What is his profession?
9. Do environmental problems require multitasking?
10. Does multitasking feel good?
Answer: 1. Dr. Clifford Nass
2. Stanford University
3. Yes
4. socially and emotionally
5. the brain cannot cope
6. No
7. we may end up losing the next generation of great thinkers
8. a writer
9. No
10. Yes

Problem: Francois-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 1694 30 May 1778), known by his "nom de plume" Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.

Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

Francois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children of Francois Arouet (19 August 1649 1 January 1722), a lawyer who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite Daumard (c. 1660 13 July 1701), whose family was on the lowest rank of the French nobility. Some speculation surrounds Voltaire's date of birth, because he claimed he was born on 20 February 1694 as the illegitimate son of a nobleman, Guerin de Rochebrune or Roquebrune. Two of his older brothersArmand-Francois and Robertdied in infancy and his surviving brother, Armand, and sister Marguerite-Catherine were nine and seven years older, respectively. Nicknamed 'Zozo' by his family, Voltaire was baptized on 22 November 1694, with , and Marie Daumard, the wife of his mother's cousin, standing as godparents. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand (17041711), where he was taught Latin, theology, and rhetoric; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.
1. Was this writer's mother of high ranking birth?
2. What is this writers birth name?
3. and his nickname?
4. was he a lazy writer?
5. about how many paper communications did he send to others?
6. what about works that were published?
7. when was he born?
8. what about his mom?
9. when did she die?
10. how old was he when she died?
11. did he insist he had different parentage?
12. what was something for which he advocated?
13. what church did he criticize in his writings?
14. did he want them to be involved in government?
15. what was the nickname his family gave him?
16. who was his godmother?
17. who was she married to?
18. where did he go to school?
19. during which years?
20. did he only speak one language?
Answer:
1. No
2. Francois-Marie Arouet
3. Voltaire
4. No
5. 20,000
6. 2,000
7. 21 November 1694
8. 1660
9. 13 July 1701
10. About 40
11. yes
12. civil liberties
13. Catholic Church
14. no
15. 'Zozo
16. Marie Daumard
17. his mother's cousin
18. College Louis-le-Grand
19. 17041711
20. no