Question:
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Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name translates to "White city". The urban area of the City of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while over 1,68 million people live within its administrative limits. 

One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region, and after 279 BC Celts conquered the city, naming it "Singidūn". It was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus, and awarded city rights in the mid-2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times between the Byzantine Empire, Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary before it became the capital of Serbian king Stephen Dragutin (1282–1316). In 1521, Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. Northern Belgrade remained the southernmost Habsburg post until 1918, when the city was reunited. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation in 1918.
1. What is the main subject?
2. What culture developed in the 6th millenium BC?
3. Where is it a capital of?
4. In terms of size, what's it ranking?
5. What's its population?
6. From what era was the Vinca culture?
7. Who lived there in antique times?
8. Until when?
9. What was it called then?
10. When did the Romans take over?

Numbered answers:
1. Belgrade
2. Vinča
3. Serbia
4. 1.23 million
5. 1.23 million
6. 6th millennium BC
7. Thraco-Dacians
8. 279 BC
9. Singidūn
10. during the reign of Augustus


Question:
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San Francisco, California (CNN) -- President Obama will wake up in San Francisco, California, on Friday amid a five-state, four-day tour aimed at propping up embattled key Senate incumbents. 

Obama will fly to Los Angeles, California, to attend a fundraiser luncheon at the University of Southern California for Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Gov. Jerry Brown, before delivering remarks at a Democratic National Committee rally at USC's Alumni Park. 

Boxer has opened a slight lead against Republican Carly Fiorina, as has Brown in his effort to win his old job back in a nasty battle with Republican Meg Whitman. National Democrats are still watching these races closely to ensure they don't slip out of their hands. 

By Friday evening, the president will be in Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend a DNC rally at a middle school before heading to a private residence for a fundraising event for Sen. Harry Reid and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. 

Reid is stuck in the mid-40s in most polls, despite months painting his Republican opponent, Tea Party-friendly Sharron Angle, as an extremist. 

On Saturday, Obama heads to Minnesota for a rally to support former Sen. Mark Dayton, who is running for governor. The president also will headline a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee before heading back to the White House on Saturday evening. 

In addition, the president will attend another congressional campaign panel fundraiser Monday in Rhode Island before taking four days off from campaigning to tend to other business at the White House. 
1. Where is Obama flying to?
2. for what?
3. where is the luncheon?
4. for whom?
5. Where will he be on Friday evening?
6. What is he doing in Las Vegas?
7. Is he going to Rhode Island?
8. When will he be in Rhode Island?
9. Is Rhode Island his last stop?
10. How many different states will he be in?
11. Over the course of how many days?
12. Who is he supporting in Las Vegas?
13. How is Reid doing in the polls?
14. Where will Obama be on Saturday?
15. Who is he supporting in Minnesota?
16. What is Dayton running for?
17. When is he heading back to the white house?
18. Where is he said to be waking up?
19. Is Obama delivering a speech in Los Angeles?
20. Where?

Numbered answers:
1. Los Angeles, California
2. to attend a fundraiser luncheon
3. the University of Southern California
4. Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Gov. Jerry Brown
5. Las Vegas, Nevada
6. attending a DNC rally at a middle school
7. yes
8. Monday
9. yes
10. Five
11. four
12. Sen. Harry Reid
13. stuck in the mid-40s
14. Minnesota
15. former Sen. Mark Dayton
16. governor
17. Saturday evening.
18. San Francisco, California
19. yes
20. at USC's Alumni Park.


Question:
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CHAPTER XVIII 

A MEETING OF SOCIALISTS 

The _brasserie_ into which the two men pushed their way was smaller and less ornate than the one which they had last visited. Many of the tables, too, were laid for supper. The tone of the place was still entirely Teutonic. Kendricks and his companion seated themselves at a table. 

"You will eat sausage?" Kendricks asked. 

"I will eat anything," Julien replied. 

"It is better," Kendricks remarked. "Here from the first we may be watched. We are certainly observed. Be sure that you do not let fall a single word of English. It might be awkward afterwards." 

"It's a beastly language," Julien declared, "but the beer and sausages help. How many of the people here will be at the meeting?" 

"Not a hundredth part of them," Kendricks answered. "It was a terrible job to get these tickets and I wouldn't like to guarantee now that we have them that we get there. Remember, if any questions are asked, you're an American, the editor or envoy of _The Coming Age._" 

"The dickens I am!" Julien exclaimed. "Where am I published?" 

"In New York; you're a new issue." 

Julien ate sausages and bread and butter steadily for several minutes. 

"To me," he announced, "there is something more satisfying about a meal of this description than that two-franc dinner where you stole my chicken." 

"You have Teutonic instincts, without a doubt," Kendricks declared, "but after all, why not a light dinner and an appetite for supper? Better for the digestion, better for the pocket, better for passing the time. What are you staring at?" 
1. what was the tone like in the restaurant?
2. are they being watched?
3. what must they be careful not to do?
4. what meal of the day is it?
5. how is this place different than others they have been to?
6. Who is Julien pretending to be?
7. working where?
8. how does he feel about the English language?
9. what are the mens names in this story?
10. and?
11. What are they eating?
12. and drinking?


Numbered answers:
1. Teutonic
2. Yes
3. let fall a single word of English
4. supper
5. It was less ornate
6. an American
7. In New York
8. It's a beastly language
9. Kendricks
10. Julien
11. sausages
12. beer