Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER VII--ON SOME RESPECTABLE SNOBS 

Look at the next house to Lady Susan Scraper's. The first mansion with the awning over the door: that canopy will be let down this evening for the comfort of the friends of Sir Alured and Lady S. de Mogyns, whose parties are so much admired by the public, and the givers themselves. 

Peach-coloured liveries laced with silver, and pea-green plush inexpressibles, render the De Mogyns' flunkeys the pride of the ring when they appear in Hyde Park where Lady de Mogyns, as she sits upon her satin cushions, with her dwarf spaniel in her arms, bows to the very selectest of the genteel. Times are altered now with Mary Anne, or, as she calls herself, Marian de Mogyns. 

She was the daughter of Captain Flack of the Rathdrum Fencibles, who crossed with his regiment over from Ireland to Caermarthenshire ever so many years ago, and defended Wales from the Corsican invader. The Rathdrums were quartered at Pontydwdlm, where Marian wooed and won her De Mogyns, a young banker in the place. His attentions to Miss Flack at a race ball were such that her father said De Mogyns must either die on the field of honour, or become his son-in-law. He preferred marriage. His name was Muggins then, and his father--a flourishing banker, army-contractor, smuggler, and general jobber--almost disinherited him on account of this connection. 

There is a story that Muggins the Elder was made a baronet for having lent money to a R-y-l p-rs-n-ge. I do not believe it. The R-y-l Family always paid their debts, from the Prince of Wales downwards. 
1. Who always made good on funds that they borrowed?
2. Who was given a title for lending funds?
3. What title was given?
4. What did the baronet's dad do?
5. What type of dog was in the carriage?
6. Who was it's owner?
7. What did she sit upon?
8. What colors were her ride?
9. What does she call herself now?
10. Who is her dad?
11. Where did he bring his troops?
12. Who did they fight against?
13. Who did she desire?
14. What did he do?
15. Did he compete in a duel or wed?
16. Did the Welch Prince pay his bills?

Numbered answers:
1. The R-y-l Family
2. De Mogyns, a young banker
3. Sir
4. Almost disinherit him.
5. her dwarf spaniel
6. Lady de Mogyns
7. satin cushions
8. Peach-with silver lace
9. Marian de Mogyns.
10. Captain Flack of the Rathdrum Fencibles
11. Caermarthenshire
12. Corsican invaders
13. r De Mogyns
14. he was  a young banker
15. He married.
16. No


Question:
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CHAPTER VII. 

WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED THERE. 

Ramirez was not as happy in his revenge as he had anticipated. He had, in an instant of impulsive rage, fired his mine prematurely, and, as he feared, impotently. Gabriel had not visibly sickened, faded, nor fallen blighted under the exposure of his wife's deceit. It was even doubtful, as far as Ramirez could judge from his quiet reception of the revelation, whether he would even call that wife to account for it. Again, Ramirez was unpleasantly conscious that this exposure had lost some of its dignity and importance by being wrested from his as a _confession_ made under pressure or duress. Worse than all, he had lost the opportunity of previously threatening Mrs. Conroy with the disclosure, and the delicious spectacle of her discomfiture. In point of fact his revenge had been limited to the cautious cowardice of the anonymous letter-writer, who, stabbing in the dark, enjoys neither the contemplation of the agonies of his victim, nor the assertion of his own individual power. 

To this torturing reflection a terrible suspicion of the Spanish translator, Perkins, was superadded. For Gabriel, Ramirez had only that contempt which every lawless lover has for the lawful husband of his mistress, while for Perkins he had that agonising doubt which every lawless lover has for every other man but the husband. In making this exposure had he not precipitated a catastrophe as fatal to himself as to the husband? Might they not both drive this woman into the arms of another man? Ramirez paced the little bedroom of the Grand Conroy Hotel, a prey to that bastard remorse of all natures like his own,--the overwhelming consciousness of opportunities for villany misspent. 
1. What is Ramirez
2. What is Gabriel's role?
3. What did Ramirez do to his mistress?
4. Did it go as planned?
5. Was it clear if Gabriel would confront his wife?
6. What did Ramirez feel the exposure to the secret presented itself as?
7. What opportunity was lost?
8. Where was Ramirez in the scene?
9. Where was he pacing?
10. Did he feel remorseful?

Numbered answers:
1. lawless lover
2. the lawful husband of his mistress
3. exposed her deceit
4. No
5. No
6. lost some of its dignity and importance
7. threatening Mrs. Conroy
8. unknown
9. Grand Conroy Hotel
10. Yes


Question:
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(CNN) -- In 1984, in the midst of Lebanon's civil war, Naji Gebran started hosting regular gatherings at his Beirut beachfront apartment for the purpose of "musical therapy." 

Weary and traumatized from the conflict that had divided their city -- and would claim some 150,000 lives over its 15 years -- people would come to his apartment to lose themselves in a night of jazz, blues, funk, soul, classical and Arabic music. 

"They used to come because of the music, to forget the war," said Gebran. "We used to do this for peace." 

The party nights were an important outlet, he said, as during the war years there were few other options. 

"My friends had nowhere to go," he said. There were two or three clubs in Christian east Beirut, the same in the city's Muslim west. 

"But they were very constipated. Very good dress, the same music all the time," he said. "It was very commercial, easy listening, everywhere you go." 

Beirut has come a long way since then. 

After dark, the city comes alive: A balmy playground of chic nightclubs, rough and ready dives, stylish rooftop bars. 

The hip, hedonistic scenes in the fashionable neighborhoods of Gemmayze or Hamra are unlike anything to be found elsewhere in the Arab world -- and can be an unexpected find in a country in which austere Islamic militant group Hezbollah forms part of the government. 

"It is the nightlife capital of the region," said Naomi Sargeant, managing director of city guide Time Out Beirut. "It's cosmopolitan and has this East-meets-West feel. I don't think there's anything on par." 
1. what is the nightlife capital of the region?
2. how many people died over 15 years in the conflict?
3. during what?
4. when was that?
5. who started hosting parties at his own home?
6. did his friends have anywhere else to go?
7. were there other clubs?
8. which part of beirut is the Christian area?
9. and the Muslim area?
10. how is the nightlife in beirut now?
11. what was the purpose of Gebran's gatherings?
12. was there specific name that he used for his gatherings?
13. what kinds of music were featured?
14. who said that they don't think there is anything on par with beirut's night life?
15. what does she do for a living?


Numbered answers:
1. Beirut
2. 150,000
3. Lebanon's civil war
4. 1984
5. Naji Gebran
6. No
7. two or three
8. east Beirut
9. west.
10. It is the nightlife capital of the region
11. to forget the war
12. musical therapy
13. azz, blues, funk, soul, classical and Arabic music.
14. Naomi Sargeant,
15. managing director of city