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You are given a paragraph, a question and some answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D", etc.) You need to list all the correct answer options with their associated letters (e.g. "A" can be a valid answer). Note that sometimes, more than one option can answer the question correctly and completely. In those cases, please generate all such options separated by a comma (e.g. "A, B" is a valid answer). Do not generate anything else apart from one or more of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D', etc.
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Paragraph- Sent 1: Paris, France (CNN) -- Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said.
Sent 2: Caterpillar's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs.
Sent 3: It is at least the third time this month that French workers threatened with cutbacks have blockaded managers in their offices to demand negotiations.
Sent 4: Executives were released unharmed in both previous situations.
Sent 5: The latest incident started Tuesday morning at the office of the construction equipment company in the southeastern city of Grenoble.
Sent 6: The workers were angry that Caterpillar had proposed cutting more than 700 jobs and would not negotiate, said Nicolas Benoit, a spokesman for the workers' union.
Sent 7: They did not want to harm the Caterpillar executives, Benoit told CNN.
Sent 8: One hostage was released Tuesday evening leaving workers with four captives inside the Caterpillar building.
Sent 9: The released man was a human resources director identified only as Mr. Petit, because he has heart problems, union representative Bernard Patrick told CNN.
Sent 10: Petit had a heart attack a few weeks ago, Patrick said.
Sent 11: The four others still being held are Nicolas Polutnik, the head of operations; two other executives; and Petit's personal assistant, he said.
Sent 12: About 500 employees were also outside the building protesting.
Question: When was Mr. Petit released? (A) Tuesday morning (B) Tuesday evening (C) Today (D) Wednesday evening.
answer:
B.

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Paragraph- Sent 1: To protect its seagoing interests and trade routes, Portugal established strategic garrisons in Goa (India), Malacca (East Indies), and Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
Sent 2: Portuguese explorers then embarked upon Macau (now Macao), the Congo, and various other parts of Africa, including the Sudan.
Sent 3: The Portuguese policy was to avoid armed strife and to develop a trade empire, rather than to conquer nations.
Sent 4: To this end it succeeded with relatively few blood-soaked episodes in its colonial history.
Sent 5: Adventures abroad, however, proved disastrous during the second half of the 16th century.
Sent 6: In 1557 the 14-year-old boy-king Sebastiao ascended the throne, the beginning of a calamitous reign that was to end at the battle of Alcacer-Quiber (Morocco) in pursuit of a vain crusade.
Sent 7: Sebastiao's untimely demise, alongside some 18,000 ill-prepared, badly led followers, set the stage for a crisis of succession.
Sent 8: For many years afterwards, legends and rumors bizarrely insisted that the king was still alive, and imposters turned up from time to time claiming the throne; those who were plausible enough to be deemed a threat were summarily executed.
Sent 9: In fact, the only rightful claimant to the crown was the elderly Prince Henry.
Sent 10: But after two years of alternating between the throne and his sickbed, he died, heirless.
Sent 11: Surveying the situation and smelling an opportunity, Spain occupied the power vacuum, and Portugal's neighbor and long-time antagonist became its master.
Sent 12: Spanish rule dictated Portugal's inadvertent involvement in Spain's ongoing wars.
Sent 13: In 1587 a squadron of British ships commanded by Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a "legitimate target" as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator.
Sent 14: Nine years later Faro was torched.
Sent 15: The 1386 Treaty of Windsor, by which Britain and Portugal had pledged eternal friendship, seemed a distant memory.
Sent 16: Portugal's empire was gradually eroded, and many of its trading posts (with the notable exception of Brazil) were picked off by the British and Dutch.
Sent 17: Finally, after 60 years of Spanish rule, Portuguese noblemen (aided by the French, then at war with Spain) organized a palace coup and restored independence.
Sent 18: The Great Disaster Portugal's greatest misfortune struck on All Saint's Day, 1 November 1755.
Question: What action by Francis Drake, made the 1386 Treaty of Windsor a distant memory? (A) Francis Drake slaughtered a whole village with his men (B) When Sebastiao ascended the throne (C) Drake lead a peace keeping meeting that ended in fighting (D) Francis Drake led British ships in attacking Algarve and sacking Sagres (E) When Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (F) Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a "legitimate target" as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator (G) Drake broke the treaty (H) When the British refused to destroy Faro (I) When Faro was torched.
answer:
D, F, I.

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Paragraph- Sent 1: Many plants and animal species have lived on Earth.
Sent 2: Most are no longer alive.
Sent 3: Only a tiny number of species still live on Earth.
Sent 4: If not for fossils, we would know little about species that did not survive.
Sent 5: Fossils provide evidence.
Sent 6: They give us clues to past life on Earth.
Sent 7: They tell us that life on Earth has changed over time.
Sent 8: Fossils in younger rock Fossils can also tell us about how plants and animals lived in the past.
Sent 9: Was it land or marine?
Sent 10: Was the water shallow or deep?
Sent 11: Fossils can even provide clues to ancient climates.
Sent 12: They can tell us if it was warm or cold.
Sent 13: Maybe it was cold or hot?
Sent 14: Some places that are now cold were once warm.
Sent 15: Some places that are now hot and dry were once wet and cool.
Sent 16: Fossils provide a window into the past.
Question: Are most of the plants and animals that have lived on Earth still alive? (A) No (B) Yes (C) Only a tiny number of species still live on Earth.
answer:
A, C.