Question: CHAPTER III.

'This is a crash!' said Coningsby, with a grave rather than agitated countenance, to Sidonia, as his friend came up to greet him, without, however, any expression of condolence.

'This time next year you will not think so,' said Sidonia.

Coningsby shrugged his shoulders.

'The principal annoyance of this sort of miscarriage,' said Sidonia, 'is the condolence of the gentle world. I think we may now depart. I am going home to dine. Come, and discuss your position. For the present we will not speak of it.' So saying, Sidonia good-naturedly got Coningsby out of the room.

They walked together to Sidonia's house in Carlton Gardens, neither of them making the slightest allusion to the catastrophe; Sidonia inquiring where he had been, what he had been doing, since they last met, and himself conversing in his usual vein, though with a little more feeling in his manner than was his custom. When they had arrived there, Sidonia ordered their dinner instantly, and during the interval between the command and its appearance, he called Coningsby's attention to an old German painting he had just received, its brilliant colouring and quaint costumes.

'Eat, and an appetite will come,' said Sidonia, when he observed Coningsby somewhat reluctant. 'Take some of that Chablis: it will put you right; you will find it delicious.'

In this way some twenty minutes passed; their meal was over, and they were alone together.

'I have been thinking all this time of your position,' said Sidonia.

'A sorry one, I fear,' said Coningsby. 1. Who was upset?
2. Who disagreed?
3. Where did they go?
4. Where at?
5. Which is where?
6. What had happen?
7. Did they make small talk?
8. What had he just received?
9. From where?
10. Was Coningsby hungry?
11. What did sidonia say?
12. Did he offer wine?
13. Did they drive to dinner?
14. How did they get there?
15. Who was agitated? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Coningsby
2. Sidonia
3. to dine
4. Sidonia's house
5. Carlton Gardens
6. catastrophe
7. yes
8. painting
9. Germany
10. No
11. Eat, and an appetite will come
12. Yes
13. No
14. walked
15. Coningsby

Question: Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies' two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.

Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military's Medal by the French government.

In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.

Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity . Irene Joliot Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956. 1. What did Irene Curie's mother do?
2. Who studied at the school?
3. Did Irene?
4. What school?
5. where?
6. What was she the first woman to do?
7. Was she the first woman to receive the Nobel prize?
8. What else was she known for?
9. Who was the other winner?
10. What did Irene enter college to study?
11. What did she develop?
12. like who?
13. What did she develop in military hospitals?
14. Where were these xray facilities?
15. Was she married?
16. to who?
17. Where did they meet?
18. What did he do there?
19. Was he there to work?
20. Who taught him there? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. teacher
2. Nine children whose parents were also famous scholars.
3. Yes.
4. College of Sevigne
5. Paris
6. unknown
7. No, Marie Curie was.
8. The first person to win it twice and a mother of a winner.
9. Irene Curie
10. mathematics and physics
11. leukemia
12. her mother
13. Military's Medal
14. military hospitals in France and Belgium
15. Yes.
16. Frederic Joliot
17. Curie Institute
18. unknown
19. Yes, but job title is unknown.
20. Irene