Problem: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead February 2 on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment with a syringe in his left arm, died of acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, the New York medical examiner's office said Friday.

The manner of death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner's office said in a statement.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, said that as addicts take mixtures of drugs more chronically, they may not necessarily feel the effects of the narcotics, which still suppress the respiratory system.

"They're not feeling it, but it's still having an impact on their ability to breathe, and that's the real problem," he said. "It's called stacking. You can stack the same drug too close together, or you can start to stack other drugs, one on top of the other. That's how people get into trouble. They do call it accidental death as well."

Police found nearly 50 envelopes branded "Ace of Spades" filled with what they believe was heroin in the actor's Manhattan apartment, two law enforcement sources familiar with the inquiry said.

Used syringes, prescription drugs and empty bags that authorities suspect were used to hold heroin also were found in the apartment where Hoffman, 46, was found dead, sources said.

He was expected to pick up his children that day but didn't show up, the official said. Playwright David Katz and another person went to the apartment and found him dead, the official said.

Police officers found him in a T-shirt and shorts with his eyeglasses still on his head.
1. What state medical examiner's office handled the actor's death?
2. What is the actor's first name?
3. And last name?
4. And middle name?
5. Was the actor's death judged to be an accident?
6. Through what means did the medical examiner's office release this information?
7. What was the brand on the envelopes found/
8. What drug was in the envelope?
9. Was Hoffman found dead in a house?
10. In what city was his apartment?
11. How old was he at the time of his death?
12. What is the last name of CNN's medical correspondent?
13. And his first name?
14. What is the last name of the playwright who found his body?
15. Was someone else with Katz?
16. What was Hoffman wearing when found?
17. What did he have on his head?
18. What persons were Hoffman supposed to pick up that day?
19. In which arm of Hoffman's was a syringe found?
Answer: 1. New York
2. Philip
3. Hoffman
4. Seymour
5. yes
6. a statement.
7. "Ace of Spades"
8. heroin
9. no
10. New York
11. 46
12. Gupta
13. Sanjay
14. David Katz
15. yes
16. in a tee shirt and shorts
17. his eyeglasses
18. his children
19. the left

Q: "Reading makes a full man" (Bacon, 1597). Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history, culture and many other things. Jane Austen(.) was one of the most well-known women writers of the world. She was born in England in 1775. Jane loved reading and writing. She wrote a number of famous novels in her life. Among them, Pride and Prejudice<<>> written in 1779 was the most popular. Victor Hugo(.), born in 1802 in France, was one of the best writers in the19th century. The talent in writing and hard work brought great success to Hugo at an early age. His most popular novel, theHunchback of Notre-Dame<>, was written in 1831. The book was so successful that it was quickly translated into many other languages across Europe. Ernest Hemingway(.), an outstanding American writer and reporter, was born in 1899. His life experience had a great influence on his writing style. Hemingway lived in France and Italy between the 1920s and 1950s. Most of his books such as The Sun Also Rises were written at that time. He won the Nobel Prize in 1954 mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who won a Nobel Prize?
2. When?
3. Why?
4. How many other authors were mentioned?
5. Who were they?
6. Where was Jane Austen from?
7. What did she write?
8. When?
9. Where was Hugo born?
10. Where?
11. What was he famous for?
12. What is that?
13. When did he pen it?
14. Was it successful?
15. Where was Hemingway from?
A: 1. Ernest Hemingway
2. 1954
3. mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.
4. Three
5. ane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway
6. England
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. 1779
9. 1802
10. France
11. Hunchback of Notre-Dame
12. novel
13. 1831
14. Yes
15. American

Problem: CHAPTER XXV

It chanced that a brilliant autumn brought a season of great prosperity to the Thetian wine-growers and farmers, and the year of Ughtred's accession to the throne seemed likely to be marked with a white stone in their annals. Never had a ruler been more popular with all classes. His military system, while it made no undue demands upon the people, provoked the admiration of Europe, and several important and successful industrial undertakings were due entirely to his instigation. Mr. Van Decht, fascinated by the climate, the primitive but delightful life, and a firm believer in the possibilities of the country, still lingered in the capital, and already the results of his large investments were beginning to be felt. Only a few people knew of the hidden danger which was ever brooding over the land--a danger which Ughtred had realized from the first, and which from the first he had set himself steadfastly to avert. A soldier himself, he knew something of the horrors of war. Nothing seemed to him more awful than the vision of this beautiful country blackened and devastated, her corn-fields soaked with blood, her pleasant pastoral life swept away in the grim struggle against an only partially-civilized enemy. He set himself passionately to work to strive for peace.

Reist came to him one evening straight from the House of Laws with a suggestion.

"Your Majesty," he said, "the people are asking for a queen."

Ughtred laughed.

"I'm sorry I can't oblige them off-hand," he answered.
1. Who was king?
2. What did they want him to do?
3. Did he agree?
4. What did he say?
5. What happened the fall he became king?
6. For whom?
7. Was the king liked?
8. What did the continent think of him?
9. For what?
10. Was the country completely safe?
11. Who sensed danger?
12. What did he know about?
Answer:
1. Ughtred
2. Find a queen
3. No
4. I'm sorry I can't oblige them off-hand
5. A season of great prosperity
6. The wine-growers and farmers
7. Yes
8. Admiration
9. His military system
10. No
11. Ughtred
12. The horrors of war