Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. A distinctive feature of totalitarian governments is an "elaborate ideology, a set of ideas that gives meaning and direction to the whole society".

Totalitarianism is the most severe and extreme form of authoritarianism.

The concept was first developed in the 1920s by the Weimar German jurist, and later Nazi academic, Carl Schmitt, and Italian fascists. Schmitt used the term, "Totalstaat," in his influential work on the legal basis of an all-powerful state, "The Concept of the Political" (1927). The concept became prominent in Western political discourse as a concept that highlights similarities between Fascist states and the Soviet Union.

The notion of totalitarianism as a "total" political power by the state was formulated in 1923 by Giovanni Amendola, who described Italian Fascism as a system fundamentally different from conventional dictatorships. The term was later assigned a positive meaning in the writings of Giovanni Gentile, Italy's most prominent philosopher and leading theorist of fascism. He used the term "totalitario" to refer to the structure and goals of the new state, which were to provide the "total representation of the nation and total guidance of national goals." He described totalitarianism as a society in which the ideology of the state had influence, if not power, over most of its citizens. According to Benito Mussolini, this system politicizes everything spiritual and human: "Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."

1. When was the main topic first created?
2. By whom?
3. Anyone else?
4. What political force was he associated with?
5. Was any other group involved?
6. Which group?
7. What is the main topic of discussion?
8. And it's made to severely limit government?
9. What is an alternate name for it?
10. What year was the concept created?
11. By whom?
12. Did he find it typical?
13. Who wrote about it in a positive light?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 1920s
2. Weimar German
3. Carl Schmitt
4. Nazi
5. Yes
6. Italian fascists
7. Totalitarianism
8. Nois a political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
9. form of authoritarianism
10. 1923
11. Giovanni Amendola
12. No
13. Giovanni Gentile

Question: One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater. "He's a lovely boy," the man said. "That's my daughter on the bike in the white dress." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, "We have to leave for home now, Rosa." "Just five minutes, Dad," Rosa said, "Please, just five more minutes." The man agreed and Rosa went to ride his bike happily. Five minutes later, the father stood and called again to his daughter, "Time to go now?" "Five more minutes, Dad," Rosa said again, "Just five more minutes." The man smiled and said, "OK." "Oh, you are really a patient father," said the woman. The man smiled and then said, "Her elder brother Tommy died in a traffic accident last year when he was riding his bike near here," the man said, "I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd like to give anything for just five more minutes with him. I vowed not to make the same mistake with Rosa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. In fact, I get five more minutes to watch her play." 1. Was a man sitting down?
2. Where?
3. What was it near?
4. Did someone sit next to him?
5. Who?
6. Did she point at her son?
7. What color was his sweater?
8. Was there a little girl?
9. What was she on?
10. What color was her dress?
11. What was her name?
12. Whose daughter was she?
13. Did he tell her to stop riding immediately?
14. How many more minutes did she want?
15. Was she enjoying her riding?
16. Did he smile?
17. Did she once have a brother?
18. What was his name?
19. Did he spend much time with his father?
20. Is Rosa appreciated by her father? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. on a bench
3. a playground
4. yes
5. a woman
6. yes
7. red
8. yes
9. a bike
10. white
11. Rosa
12. the man's
13. no
14. five
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. Tommy
19. no
20. yes

Q: Washington (CNN) -- For political junkies, 2013 was expected to be a quiet year following the presidential election and it basically followed the script.

Nonetheless, there were some interesting developments at the ballot box.

New Jersey, as expected, returned Gov. Chris Christie to office and also sent Cory Booker to the U.S. Senate. Bill de Blasio became the first Democrat elected New York City Mayor in two decades, and Democrats, led by Terry McAuliffe, swept the top three executive offices in Virginia for the first time in recent memory.

Were these outcomes isolated or do they mean anything for 2014, when candidates will heat up the campaign trail big time ahead of next November's congressional midterms and key gubernatorial elections?

In the new year, 435 House seats are up as are 35 in the Senate. There will be 36 gubernatorial races as well. Most of these campaigns won't be nail biters, but there could be collective power shifts in Washington and in state houses.

Here, CNN Politics focuses on the Senate, where Republicans aim to retake control. Republicans must pick up six seats to claim the majority and key races are wide open at this point.

The top 12 campaign questions of 2014

Five key races:

Kentucky

The incumbent is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is under pressure from two fronts: Democrats, naturally, and from a tea party challenger within his own Republican Party who says he's not conservative enough.

While McConnell is likely to defeat his primary opponent, Matt Bevin, he is expending money and other resources he'd rather use in a general election campaign against Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

1. a quiet year
2. Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections
3. Gov. Chris Christie returned to office
4. Bill de Blasio
5. 435
6. Republicans
7. six
8. unknown
9. Senate Minority Leader
10. his primary opponen
11. a general election campaign
12. Kentucky Secretary of State
13. Alison Lundergan Grimes

Numbered questions:
1. what was 2013 expected to be?
2. What would be the interesting developments?
3. What happened in New Jersey?
4. Who was the first Democrat elected mayor in two decades?
5. How many house seats were up in the new year?
6. who plans on retake control?
7. How many seats do theyneed to pick up?
8. what were the top 12 campaign questoins of 2014
9. Who is Mitch McConnell?
10. Who was Matt Bevin?
11. What is he expending money on?
12. against who?
13. What is her name?