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Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. We might call it the first Chinese invention. Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire. Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees. And written language (which evolved as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) was already in use, originally by oracles and then by official scribesChina's first scholars. During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. After reading the above, is "The Xia Dynasty" the correct answer to the question "Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs?"? OPTIONS:
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no

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Tom's relaxation at the beach is interrupted by Jerry who inadvertently walks all over a sunbathing Tom going fishing . Jerry falls into Tom's mouth and while escaping , nearly causes Tom to swallow his beach towel . Jerry goes out to the pier and casts his favorite bait : cheese . Tom pulls on the line and makes Jerry reel him in . Jerry lets go of the line and Tom struggles to stay afloat , losing the string . Tom barely catches the pier , but Jerry swings the pole at him . After a few misses , Jerry whistles and then lands a direct hit . He runs to the end of the pier and pulls off the end board . Tom ca n't brake , and walks the plank until Jerry pulls it out , causing Tom to fall into the water and without emerging . A drowning Tom wakes up on the sea bed , where he finds himself still alive . He starts imitating the majestic sea creatures until he spots Jerry . The cat grabs him , but Jerry pulls away revealing that he has become a mer-mouse . Jerry swims in circles until Tom's head has done a 360 , and is then grabbed again . Jerry slaps Tom face with his tail , then spins his ears in to the shape of a wrench . The cat gives chase through shipwreck windows until Tom hangs back to swallow the mouse . Jerry breaks out through Tom's left eardrum . Jerry hides and disguises himself as a seahorse to join a father seahorse leading his babies , fooling the cat for only a while . Jerry then gets lassoed and captured , but Tom gets tricked into holding a fishing line and is caught . After reading the above, is "He hid and disguised himself as a seahorse" the correct answer to the question "How does Jerry escape being chased through a shipwreck?"? OPTIONS:
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yes

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Hamilton argued that the natural faculties of blacks were as good as those of free whites, and he warned that the British would arm the slaves if the patriots did not. In his 21st-century biography, Chernow cites this incident as evidence that Hamilton and Laurens saw the Revolution and the struggle against slavery as inseparable. Hamilton attacked his political opponents as demanding freedom for themselves and refusing to allow it to blacks. In January 1785, Hamilton attended the second meeting of the New York Manumission Society (NYMS). John Jay was president and Hamilton was the first secretary and later became president. Chernow notes how the membership soon included many of Hamilton's friends and associates. Hamilton was a member of the committee of the society that petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade, and that succeeded in passing legislation banning the export of slaves from New York. In the same period, Hamilton felt bound by the rule of law of the time and his law practice facilitated the return of a fugitive slave to Henry Laurens of South Carolina. He opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention by which the federal government could not abolish the slave trade for 20 years, and was disappointed when he lost that argument. Hamilton never supported forced emigration for freed slaves. Horton has argued from this that he would be comfortable with a multiracial society, and that this distinguished him from his contemporaries. In international affairs, he supported Toussaint L'Ouverture's black government in Haiti after the revolt that overthrew French control, as he had supported aid to the slaveowners in 1791--both measures hurt France. Scant evidence has been interpreted by a few to indicate Hamilton may have owned household slaves, as did many wealthy New Yorkers (the evidence for this is indirect; McDonald interprets it as referring to paid employees). After reading the above, is "2 years" the correct answer to the question "How long was it when Hamilton first joined NYMS to when he opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention?"? OPTIONS:
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yes

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You approach the door of your friends house. What is the first thing you do before entering? Of course, you wipe your feet. You are a thoughtful visitor. Fortunately, there is a nice piece of carpet by the door to wipe your shoes. Too bad your caring comes at a price. After wiping your feet on the mat you reach out to touch the brass knocker on the door. A spark suddenly jumps between your hand and the metal. You feel an electric shock. Why do you think an electric shock occurs? An electric shock occurs when there is a sudden discharge of static electricity. Has this ever happened to you? You reached out to touch a metal doorknob and received an unpleasant electric shock? The reason you get a shock is because of moving electric charges. Moving electric charges also create lightning bolts. It is also the same reason electric current flows through cables and wires. After reading the above, is "Water to rise" the correct answer to the question "You get shocked because of moving electric charges and moving electric charges also creates what?"? OPTIONS:
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no