QUES: And yet he loved this thing . He loved its smooth white skin , its great dark brown eyes . He loved it not because it looked like a gentle , thoughtful young man , but because it was ghastly and awful and loathsome , and beautiful at the same time .

Question with options: What may have been his reason for loving this thing ?
ANS: It was otherworldly .
QUES: What I ' m trying to say is that they have reached such a distinction that they can , if they so choose , turn a corner onto a path that could easily lead to classical - pop stardom , as evidenced by their performance Thursday at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley . The program began with the premiere of Impressions , by Clarice Assad ( b. 1979 ) .

Question with options: What point of view is the speaker likely speaking from in this passage ?
ANS: They are a scholar who studies the average lifespan of a band 's popularity
QUES: Claire stays with him in his dreams , kisses him , whispers to him on cold nights , and his body responds even when his mind does n't want to . He hates her , hates himself , hates the world . The virus moves faster every year , felling families , politicians , schoolteachers , doctors ; the high and the low - and Peter has n't done a thing to stop it . Has n't done a thing , and does n't care to .

Question with options: Why is Claire only with him in his dreams ?
ANS: Because she died .
QUES: The volume of space in which these bits of matter could be found would increase as time went by . Is this a good analogy for the expansion of the universe ? The fact that we say the universe started with the " big bang " would seem to suggest it . But in fact , no , that is not a good analogy . That is not what we mean when we say the universe is expanding .

Question with options: What may I have been studying ?
ANS:
Astronomy