Question: CHAPTER XXXVI 

THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED 

There seemed for the next few minutes to be a somewhat singular abstention from any desire to interfere with the two people who stood in the centre of the little group, hand-in-hand. Saton, after his first speech, and after Lois had given him her hands, had turned a little defiantly toward Rochester, who remained, however, unmoved, his elbow resting upon the broad mantelpiece, his face almost expressionless. Vandermere, too, stood on one side and held his peace, though the effort with which he did so was a visible one. Lady Mary looked anxiously towards them. Pauline had shrunk back, as though something in the situation terrified her. 

Even Saton himself felt that it was the silence before the storm. The courage which he had summoned up to meet a storm of disapproval, began to ebb slowly away in the face of this unnatural silence. It was clear that the onus of further speech was to rest with him. 

Still retaining Lois' hand, he turned toward Rochester. 

"You have forbidden me to enter your house, or to hold any communication with your ward until she was of age, Mr. Rochester," he said. "One of your conditions I have obeyed. With regard to the other, I have done as I thought fit. However, to-day she is her own mistress. She has consented to be my wife. I do not need to ask for your consent or approval. If you are not willing that she should be married from your roof, I can take her at once to the Comtesse, who is prepared to receive her."  1. Who thought there was a silence before the storm?
2. Who was forbidden to enter the house?
3. Whose house was it?
4. Who stood in the centre of the group?
5. Were they holding hands?
6. Whose elbow was on the mantlpiece?
7. Did he look mad?
8. What did his face look like?
9. Who looked anxiously at them?
10. And who else stood on the side, holding his peace?
11. Had Lois consented to be Saton's wife?
12. Did he still need Rochester's approval?
13. Where would they go if they couldn't be married there?
14. What chapter is this?
15. What's the name of it?
16. What seemed to ebb slowly away in the silence?
17. Did something terrify Mary?
18. Who seemed terrified?
19. Who did the onus of more speech rest with?
20. How many conditions did Saton obey? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Saton
2. Saton
3. Mr. Rochester
4. Saton and Lois
5. yes
6. Rochester
7. no
8. expressionless
9. Mary
10. Vandermere
11. yes
12. no
13. the Comtesse
14. XXXVI
15. THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED
16. courage
17. No
18. Pauline
19. Saton
20. One


Question: When Carrie Conley's husband left in the early 1960s, she started raising six children on her own. She took a job at a hospital, delivering meals to patients as what was called "a tray girl". 

Jerry Johnson, the youngest child in the family, was 5 years old when his dad left. Speaking with his mother recently, Johnson heard his mother repeat the question she asked at that time. "Lord, what am I going to do with all these kids by myself?" The answers came in the form of lima beans, black-eyed peas and low prices on chicken necks. "Something to boil for every day of the week," Conley said. 

"I cannot remember one Christmas that I didn't feel like the luckiest kid in the world," Johnson said, "even though now I realize we had hardly anything in terms of money." 

"How did you hold all that together?" he asked his mother. 

Conley said she would save up her sick days at work, going in no matter how she felt. Then in December, the company would pay her for the unused sick days. More help came in castoffs , when wealthy families would clean out their toy chests at Christmastime and take a load of toys to the Salvation Army. Conley would pick through them, finding the best ones for her children. The result of those sacrifices led to a big, happy Christmas for Conley and her kids. 

"But I never did tell you it was a Santa Claus," Conley said, "I couldn't give any man credit for what I had done." 

Johnson thanked his mom for her sacrifices, and for the good example she set for him and his siblings. "I think it's helping us all be better parents," Johnson said. 

In 1975, Conley retired from Detroit's Outer Drive Hospital. Jerry was a sophomore in college at that time. He later graduated from Washington University Medical School and received a degree in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. 1. When did Carries husband leave?
2. How many kids did she have?
3. Did she have help taking care of them?
4. Where did she work?
5. What did she do there?
6. What did people call the position?
7. What year did she retire?
8. What was the name of her last son that was born?
9. How old was he when his father left?
10. Where did he go to school?
11. What did he go for?
12. Did he feel like his Christmases as a child were bad?
13. How did he say he would feel on that holiday?
14. Did they have a lot of cash?
15. What did his mom conserve all year even if she was feeling ill?
16. What would the place she worked for do?
17. Would she get donated gifts for them?
18. Did she let them think the stuff was from Santa?
19. Why?
20. Does he believe she was a bad role model?
21. What does he think her influence has taught him? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. in the early 1960s
2. six
3. No
4. at a hospital
5. she delivered meals to patients
6. "tray girl"
7. 1975
8. Jerry Johnson
9. 5 years old
10. Washington University Medical School
11. Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
12. No
13. He said he would feel "like the luckiest kid in the world"
14. No
15. her sick days
16. the company would pay her for the unused sick days
17. Yes
18. No
19. Because she couldn't give any man credit for what she had done
20. No
21. To be better parents


Question: The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai?) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Although the Imperial House of Japan had power on the surface, the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family. Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family. Heian (平安?) means "peace" in Japanese. 

The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period and began in 794 A.D after the movement of the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (present day Kyōto京都), by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu. Kanmu first tried to move the capital to Nagaoka-kyō, but a series of disasters befell the city, prompting the emperor to relocate the capital a second time, to Heian. The Heian Period is considered a high point in Japanese culture that later generations have always admired. The period is also noted for the rise of the samurai class, which would eventually take power and start the feudal period of Japan. 1. what was part of japanese history?
2. when was it
3. who influenced it?
4. who married the aristocratic family?
5. what does Heian mean?
6. what came after the Heian time?
7. when
8. what is sought after?
9. who tried to move it?
10. was it succeeded?
11. how many times was it moved
12. who had the power?
13. what happened at the end? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. The Heian
2. from 794 to 1185
3. three religions influenced it
4. somebody married the imperial family
5. peace in Japanese
6. Nara
7. started in 794 A.D
8. movement of the capital to Kyoto
9. Emperor Kanmu
10. no
11. twice
12. samurai had it
13. the rise of the samurai