TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you need to write an incorrect answer to the given question. Along with the question, you are also given the correct answer(s) and the associated paragraph. An incorrect answer should be closely related to the content of the paragraph and/or the question but will not truthfully answer the question. Your incorrect answers should be similar to the given correct answer such that it will pose a challenge for students to distinguish the two. A good incorrect answer should prevent those who skip the paragraph from answering the question. The incorrect answer should not be trivial, in the sense that they should not be easily eliminated without reading the paragraph.
PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America: Their Friendship and Their Travels edited by Oliver Zunz, translated by Arthur Goldhammer (University of Virginia Press; 2011) 698 pages; Includes previously unpublished letters, essays, and other writings Du systeme penitentaire aux Etats-Unis et de son application en France (1833) - On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France, with Gustave de Beaumont.
Sent 2: De la democratie en Amerique (1835/1840) - Democracy in America.
Sent 3: It was published in two volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840.
Sent 4: English language versions: Tocqueville, Democracy in America, trans.
Sent 5: and eds., Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop, University of Chicago Press, 2000; Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Arthur Goldhammer, trans.; Olivier Zunz, ed.) (The Library of America, 2004) ISBN 978-1-931082-54-9.
Sent 6: L'Ancien Regime et la Revolution (1856) - The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Sent 7: It is Tocqueville's second most famous work.
Sent 8: Recollections (1893) - This work was a private journal of the Revolution of 1848.
Sent 9: He never intended to publish this during his lifetime; it was published by his wife and his friend Gustave de Beaumont after his death.
Sent 10: Journey to America (1831-1832) - Alexis de Tocqueville's travel diary of his visit to America; translated into English by George Lawrence, edited by J-P Mayer, Yale University Press, 1960; based on vol.
Sent 11: V, 1 of the OEuvres Completes of Tocqueville.
Sent 12: L'Etat social et politique de la France avant et depuis 1789 - Alexis de Tocqueville Memoir On Pauperism: Does public charity produce an idle and dependant class of society?
Sent 13: (1835) originally published by Ivan R. Dee.
Sent 14: Inspired by a trip to England.
Sent 15: One of Tocqueville's more obscure works.
Sent 16: Journeys to England and Ireland 1835.
Question: How many volumes does De la democratie en Amerique (1835/1840) have?.

SOLUTION: 1.

PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: (CNN) -- A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan.
Sent 2: At least eight bombs were dropped in the area Wednesday during the school's first day of classes, according to a statement by Samaritan's Purse, Graham's Christian humanitarian group, which supports the school.
Sent 3: Two bombs landed inside the compound -- located in the region's Nuba Mountains -- destroying two Heiban Bible College buildings and igniting grass fires across the area, the group said in a statement No injuries were reported.
Sent 4: "It was a miracle that no one was injured," the statement added.
Sent 5: Graham, who has called on the international community to take out Sudan's air assets and establish a no-fly zone in the region, said in a statement Thursday that he blamed Sudan's air force for the strike.
Sent 6: At least four churches have been destroyed since August, the group said.
Sent 7: "We are deeply concerned for the welfare and lives of the people of South Kordofan and we condemn the bombing of churches and Christian facilities," added Graham, son of the famed Rev. Billy Graham.
Sent 8: More than 78,000 people have fled South Kordofan and Blue Nile states since August of last year after an armed rebellion took root, the United Nations reported.
Sent 9: The Sudanese government is thought to have responded to the rebellion by conducting sustained air raids with the use of Russian-made Antonov bombers, which have raised concerns over civilian casualties.
Sent 10: Decades of civil war between the north and south, costing as many as 2 million lives, formally ended with a U.S.-brokered peace treaty in 2005.
Question: What miracle occurred when two Heiban Bible College buildings were destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan?.

SOLUTION: Entire city destroyed.

PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: Expansion quickly peaked however, and the European powers who had carved up the New World set about testing each other in dynastic conflicts and colonial rivalry.
Sent 2: The English were the main rivals of the Dutch on the high seas, and there were several wars between the two in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Sent 3: In 16651667 the Dutch sailed up the River Medway and sank the British fleet moored there.
Sent 4: The 18th century saw Amsterdam grow into the foremost financial center in the world, but the seeds of decline had already been planted.
Sent 5: When the English colonies in New England rose up in revolt against the British, they found ready Ailies in the Dutch.
Sent 6: From their colonies in the Caribbean they sent caches of arms and ammunition.
Sent 7: The British were furious and went to war in 1780, destroying the Dutch navy and signaling a sudden decline in power and influence from which the Netherlands never recovered.
Sent 8: Trade suffered to such an extent that in 1791 the VOC went into liquidation.
Sent 9: In the latter part of the century there were anti-Orange demonstrations by pro-French factions in the country, and in 1795 Napoleon Bonaparte took the Netherlands in his epic march across Europe.
Sent 10: Under the yoke of another foreign power, and with trade at an all time low, the Golden Age was truly dead.
Sent 11: The Return of the House of Orange Napoleon installed his brother Louis as King of Holland and he chose to take the fine Town Hall on Dam Square as his palacenow the Koninklijk Palace.
Sent 12: But only four years later he fled the city after civil disturbances broke out when he raised taxes.
Sent 13: When Napoleon's bubble burst and French power began to wane, William of Orange emerged from exile and was proclaimed king in 1813.
Sent 14: Amsterdam had to work its way out of economic decline, but throughout the 19th century the city grew steadily.
Sent 15: Industrialization changed the city.
Sent 16: With the building of the Central Station at the end of the century, Amsterdam turned its back on its seafaring past and looked towards the mechanical age for its future.
Sent 17: The station was built over the old harbor wall and some of the oldest canals in the city center were filled in to allow better access to motorized vehicles.
Sent 18: Dam Square was landlocked for the first time in its history.
Question: How many years passed between when the British furiously went to war, destroying the Dutch navy, and when the VOC went into liquidation?.

SOLUTION:
1791.