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• Agatha Christie

  b. Miss Jane Marple : Miss Jane Marple, another famous character of the work of Agatha Christie appeared in 1930 in the novel The Murder at the Vicarage "and continue his career until 1979, having starred in a dozen novels inwhich it solves the murders of the most interesting as those "train from 16h50" or "At Bertram's Hotel". It is already old when it was discovered in the first book but that did not stop carrying out its various investigations. She leads a quiet life of single hardened in...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus (Dionysus) - anthology.

  me their fishing rods and nets and their fisherman's trade. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one place, I learned the pilot's art and howto guide my course by the stars. It happened as I was sailing for Delos we touched at the island of Dia and went ashore. Next morning I sent the men for fresh water,and myself mounted the hill to observe the wind; when my men returned bringing with them a prize, as they thought, a boy of delicate appearance, whom they hadfound a...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Theseus - anthology.

  One of the most celebrated of the adventures of Theseus is his expedition against the Amazons. He assailed them before they had recovered from the attack ofHercules, and carried off their queen Antiope. The Amazons in their turn invaded the country of Athens and penetrated into the city itself; and the final battle inwhich Theseus overcame them was fought in the very midst of the city. This battle was one of the favourite subjects of the ancient sculptors, and is commemorated inseveral works of...

• From Uncle Tom's Cabin - anthology.

  the evils of slavery from sketches like these, is not the half that could be told, of the unspeakable whole. In the northern states, these representations may, perhaps, be thought caricatures; in the southern states are witnesses who know their fidelity. What personalknowledge the author has had, of the truth of incidents such as here are related, will appear in its time. It is a comfort to hope, as so many of the world's sorrows and wrongs have, from age to age, been lived down, so a ti...

• Excerpt from Much Ado About Nothing - anthology.

  BEATRICE. Alas, he gets nothing by that. In our last conflict four of his five wits went halting off, and now is the whole man governed with one; so that if he havewit enough to keep himself warm, let him bear it for a difference between himself and his horse; for it is all the wealth that he hath left, to be known a reasonablecreature. Who is his companion now? He hath every month a new sworn brother. MESSENGER. Is't possible? BEATRICE. Very easily possible: he wears his faith but as the fashio...

• Mark Twain.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Mark Twain I INTRODUCTION Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Mark Twain - USA History.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Diseases of Animals.

  infected animal. It may also spread in milk or in garbage that contains contaminated meat. Typical symptoms include blisters that appear on the mouth and feet;animals may become lame when their hooves degenerate. Canine distemper is a highly contagious disease caused by the paramyxovirus, which is transmitted in discharges from the nose and eyes. Symptoms begin with fever,malaise, and nasal and ocular discharges and may progress to convulsions and other nervous system disorders. Parvoviruses aff...

• Moscow (city, Russia) - geography.

  V RECREATION About 30 percent of Moscow’s territory is occupied by parks and public gardens, which were important elements of Soviet city planning. Gorky Park, which providesactivities such as amusement rides and boating, sits on the right bank of the Moscow River; the park’s display of a retired Soviet space shuttle dominates the riverside.The Moscow Zoo is located just west of the city center. The Botanical Gardens, administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences, offers a diverse display of...

• Biodiversity.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Biodiversity - biology.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• The Souls of Black Folk by W.

  in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in onedark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. Inthis merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, f...

• Excerpt from Dombey and Son - anthology.

  light. Rivers and seas were formed to float their ships; rainbows gave them promise of fair weather; winds blew for or against their enterprises; stars and planetscircled in their orbits, to preserve inviolate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference tothem. A.D. had no concern with anno Domini, but stood for anno Dombei—and Son. He had risen, as his father had before him, in the course of life and death, from Son to D...

• Disputed Presidential Election of 2000 - U.

  counts. At oral arguments on November 20, the justices seemed to be most interested in one issue: At what point did allowing re-counts risk making Florida too late toparticipate in the electoral college vote? Gore’s lawyers, led by David Boies, argued that the state had until December 12 to pick its electors, which allowed plenty oftime for the re-counts. Electors from each state would meet on December 18 to cast their votes. The next day the court ruled unanimously for Gore and granted a five-d...

• Angola (country) - country.

  Portugal in 1975, it had approximately 400,000 Portuguese settlers. The vast majority of the Portuguese community has since departed for Portugal. A Population Characteristics The 2008 estimated population of Angola, including Cabinda, was 12,531,357. The population distribution, however, was uneven, with about 70 percent of thepopulation concentrated in the north and along the coast. The rate of population increase was 2.1 percent annually in 2008. The population is overwhelmingly rural; only3...

• Accounting and Bookkeeping.

  The proliferation of mandated notes that accompany financial statements is a particularly visible example. Such notes disclose information that is not already included inthe body of the financial statement. One of the very first notes identifies the accounting methods adopted when acceptable alternative methods also exist, or when theunique nature of the company's business justifies an otherwise unconventional approach. The notes also disclose information about lease commitments, contingent liab...

• Civil Rights Movement in the United States - U.

  The Great Depression of the 1930s increased black protests against discrimination, especially in Northern cities. Blacks protested the refusal of white-owned businessesin all-black neighborhoods to hire black salespersons. Using the slogan “Don't Buy Where You Can't Work,” these campaigns persuaded blacks to boycott thosebusinesses and revealed a new militancy. During the same years, blacks organized school boycotts in Northern cities to protest discriminatory treatment of blackchildren. The bla...

• Crusades.

  modern Lebanon; the Principality of Antioch, in modern Syria; and the County of Edessa, in modern northern Syria and southern Turkey. IV CRUSADES OF THE 12TH CENTURY The Crusades of the 12th century, through the end of the Third Crusade in 1192, illustrate the tensions and problems that plagued the enterprise as a whole. For thelords of Outremer a compromise with the residents and Muslim powers made sense; they could not live in constant warfare. And yet as European transplants theydepended on...

• Crusades .

  modern Lebanon; the Principality of Antioch, in modern Syria; and the County of Edessa, in modern northern Syria and southern Turkey. IV CRUSADES OF THE 12TH CENTURY The Crusades of the 12th century, through the end of the Third Crusade in 1192, illustrate the tensions and problems that plagued the enterprise as a whole. For thelords of Outremer a compromise with the residents and Muslim powers made sense; they could not live in constant warfare. And yet as European transplants theydepended on...

• Bicycle.

  narrow as possible to minimize weight and interference with pedaling. F Specialty Bicycles Many other types of bicycles are designed for special purposes. Although not as common as standard single-rider racing, touring, mountain, or recreational bicycles,they nonetheless have significant niches. Recumbent bicycles are bicycles on which the rider sits upright as if in a chair, with legs and feet stretched out in front. Because they support the rider’s lower back,recumbents allow the rider far mo...

• Libya - country.

  junipers and mastic trees are found in the higher elevations. Only a few large mammals are found in Libya. Wildlife includes desert rodents, hyenas, gazelles, and wildcats. Eagles, hawks, and vultures are common. E Environmental Issues Libya has undertaken a number of major irrigation projects intended to ease the country’s water shortage. The most ambitious is the so-called Great Man-Made River(GMMR), a massive 25-year irrigation scheme begun in 1984. The GMMR is a vast water pipeline system d...

• Soccer.

  Two assistants, known as linesmen or referees’ assistants, aid the referee. Their primary job is to alert the referee when balls go out of the playing area and to assist inmaking offsides calls (see Rules section below). The assistants carry flags, which they wave when the ball leaves the playing area or use to point to the spot where a foul was committed. V EQUIPMENT Soccer is played with a round leather ball. It is between 68 and 71 cm (27 and 28 in) in circumference and weighs between 396...

• Greek Mythology.

  world in search of her; as a result, fertility left the earth. Zeus commanded Hades to release Persephone, but Hades had cunningly given her a pomegranate seed toeat. Having consumed food from the underworld, Persephone was obliged to return below the earth for part of each year. Her return from the underworld each yearmeant the revival of nature and the beginning of spring. This myth was told especially in connection with the Eleusinian Mysteries, sacred rituals observed in the Greektown of Ele...

• First Americans.

  bones and artifacts helped 19th-century archaeologists establish the age of ancient human encampments in Europe. Yet, search as they might, American archaeologists found no comparable evidence of a Pleistocene-era human presence. But several sites revealed stone artifacts thatsome scholars believed looked similar to the ancient stone tools found in Europe. On the basis of this similarity, these experts claimed the American artifacts must be asold. By the 1890s, however, other scholars had challe...

• First Americans - Canadian History.

  bones and artifacts helped 19th-century archaeologists establish the age of ancient human encampments in Europe. Yet, search as they might, American archaeologists found no comparable evidence of a Pleistocene-era human presence. But several sites revealed stone artifacts thatsome scholars believed looked similar to the ancient stone tools found in Europe. On the basis of this similarity, these experts claimed the American artifacts must be asold. By the 1890s, however, other scholars had challe...

• Dwight D.

  maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941, he played a leading role as a staff officer, adding to his reputation and securing him a promotion to brigadier general. On December 7,1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the next day the United States entered World War II against the Axis Powers (Japan, Germany, and Italy). A weeklater, the army’s new chief of staff, General George C. Marshall, called Eisenhower to Washington, D.C., and put him in charge of the War Plans Division. Opinions differed on...

• Planetary Science - astronomy.

  III ORIGINS AND COMPOSITIONS OF PLANETS Astronomers believe that planetary systems are formed of elemental materials that were created in the interiors of giant stars. Some of this material comes from giantstars that shed material into space as they age. Most of the matter to form planets, however, comes from stars that explode as supernovas and spread debris enrichedwith the heavier chemical elements into space. According to the currently accepted views, the most likely first stage in the evo...

• Woodrow Wilson.

  daughters. In 1885 Wilson also accepted a position with the newly opened Bryn Mawr College, a school for women near Philadelphia. Wilson was not particularly patient with womenas intellectual associates and did not enjoy his teaching duties. He was, however, able to pursue his writing. A University Professor In 1888 Wilson left Bryn Mawr for a professorship in history and political economy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. There, in 1889, he published The State, a lengthy textbook analyz...

• Woodrow Wilson

  daughters. In 1885 Wilson also accepted a position with the newly opened Bryn Mawr College, a school for women near Philadelphia. Wilson was not particularly patient with womenas intellectual associates and did not enjoy his teaching duties. He was, however, able to pursue his writing. A University Professor In 1888 Wilson left Bryn Mawr for a professorship in history and political economy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. There, in 1889, he published The State, a lengthy textbook analyz...

• Ancient Greece.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece .

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece - USA History.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Introduction « ô je fus comme fou » de Victor Hugo :

• LA PHILOSOPHIE - QCM

  14 0 1 1000 questions de philo 766 . Complétez cette définition de Spinoza : La philoso­ phie est «une méditation de la ... 767. En 7 lettres, dernière étape de la contemplation dans la philosophie bouddhiste. 768. Complé tez cette définition du philosophe par Auguste Comte: «l e spécialiste des ... 769. Complétez cette citation de Nietzsche : « On recon­ naît le philosophe à ce qu'il évite trois choses brillan­ tes et bruyantes : la gloire, les princ...

• LA VIOLENCE: QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 117 635. Qui a écrit dans Malaise dans la civilisation : « La civilisation doit tout mettre en œuvre pour limiter l'a gressivité humaine»? 636. Quel penseur de la tolérance a écrit au xvr siècle : «C hacun appelle barbarie ce qui n'est pas de son usage »? 637. Comment appelle-t-on les actes de violence commis par une organisation pour créer un climat d'insécu­ rité ou renverser le gouvernement ? 638. Comment appelle-t-o...

• LES PHILOSOPHES: QCM de philo

  14 4 1 1 000 questions de philo 793. Quel a été le premier grand philosophe chinois ? 794. Son professeur lui avait dit : « Vous pouviez être un grand mathématicien et vous ne serez qu'un philoso­ phe ». De qui s'agit-il ? 795. Deux philosophes français dont le nom commence par un M ont été conseillers au Parlement de Bor­ deaux à 150 ans d'interva lle. Qui ? 796. Quel est le grand philosophe stoïcien grec ? 797. Quels sont les deux philosophes français...

• NATURE ET CULTURE: QCM

  48 1 1 000 quest ions de philo 235. Complétez cette définition de la culture par Alain : «u ne vaste enquête sur l' ... 236. Quelle hypothèse avancée par Lamarck puis Darwin a fait scandale au XIXe siècle? 237. Quel est le livre de Rousseau sur l'éducati on? 238. Quel philosophe grec célèbre pour ses théories sur le plaisir a exposé, dans sa Lettre à Hé rodote, sa philo­ sophie de la nature ? 239. Quel philosophe du xxe siècle pensait qu'il n'y a p...

• REALISER UNE FICHE DE SYNTHESE SUR LES LUMIERES

   Citez les grands auteurs européens du XVIIIème siècle ? Texte support : Les Lumières, c'est pour l’homme sortir d'une minorité qui n'est imputable qu'à lui. La minorité, c'est l'incapacité de se servir de son entendement sans la tutelle d'un autre. C'est à lui seul qu'est imputable cette minorité, dès lors qu'elle ne procède pas du manque d'entendement, mais du manque de résolution et de courage nécessaires pour se servir d...

• CONNAISSANCE DU VIVANT: QCM de philo

  76 1 10 00 questions de philo 388. Quel philosophe français a expri mé, après un voyage à travers l'Europe en 1580 et 1581 , la relati­ vité des choses humaines et la nécessité du bon sens et de la tolérance ? 389. Pour les dogmatiques (Platon, Hegel), quelle est la limite de la connaissa nce humaine ? 390. Pour saint Augustin, qu'est-ce que l'esprit connaît le mieux : Dieu, autrui ou lui-même ? 391. Dans quel ouvrage fondamental Kant décrit-il les m...

• LA VÉRITÉ : QCM DE PHILO

  80 1 1 000 questions de philo 410. Pour quel philosophe allemand du XIXe siècle la vérité est-elle une illusion ? 411. Quel frança is, Prix Nobel de littérature en 1947 , a écrit dans Les No urritures terrestres : « Nathanaël, je tte mon livre. Ne crois pas que ta vérité puisse être trouvée par quelqu 'un d'autre ))? 412. Quel philosophe allemand a écrit : «U ne chose qui convainc est-elle vraie pour autant ? Non, elle est seulement convaincante. Rema...

• explication de texte gorgias

  ses tonneaux, il n’y a plus à y verser quoi que ce soit ni à s’occuper d’eux ; au contraire, quand il pense à ses tonneaux, il est tranquille. L’autre homme, quant à lui, serait aussi capable de se procurer ce genre de denrées, même si elles sont difficiles à recueillir, mais comme ses récipients sont percés et fêlés, il serait forcé de les remplir sans cesse, jour et nuit, en s’infligeant les plus pénibles peines. Alors, regarde...

• Cassirer, Ernst

  particulars, unlike a substance, has no reality or meaning independent of the elements it orders, and these elements have meaning only in terms of the positions they each occupy in the series. Cassirer formulated this indissoluble bond between universal and particular of the functional concept as F (a, b, c, …). It suggested to him a model for how the mind forms experience in all spheres of human activity, cognitive and noncognitive. The historical source for this insight is Kant 's idea of th...

• LA SOCIÉTÉ, LE POUVOIR, L'ETAT: QCM

  La' pratique et les fins 1 10 5 558 . Quel philosophe du XVIIr siècle a dit: «L'h omme est bon naturellement et c'e st par les institutions sociales que les hommes deviennent méchants » ? 559. Qui a dit : « Voulez-vous un nom pour ce monde ? Une solution pour toutes ses énigmes ? Ce monde est la volonté de puissance et rien d'autre »? 560. Quel livre de Machiavel, écrit deux ans avant Mari­ gnan, met en relief le problème des rapports de la politiq...

• L'HISTOIRE (qcm de philosophie)

  L'homme et le monde 1 53 266. Quel penseur français du xxe siècle, auteur d'I ntroduction à la ph iloso phie de l'histoi re, a écrit à propos de la Révolution russe : « On peut soutenir sans absurdité qu'elle n'aurait pas eu lieu sans Lénine et Trotski » ? 267. Qui est le principal représentant du matérialisme dialectique ou historique ? 268. Quel président des États-Unis a affirmé en 1988 que «r ien n'est inévitable dans l'histoire »? 269. Nie t...

• LE BONHEUR - QCM

  --------------- -----------" "" ------- -- 13 0 1 1 000 questions de philo 708 . Dans quel livre peut-on lire : « Bienheureux ceux qui ont faim et soif car ils seront rassasiés »? 709. Qui a écrit que« le véritable bonheur du peuple exige que la religion soit supprimée en tant que bonheur illusoire du peup le» ? 710. Quel philosophe grec professait que« le plaisir est le souverain bien » ? 71 1. Quel penseur politique du XVIIIe siècle a écrit : «L a...

• LA 1 : Beaumarchais, Le Mariage de Figaro, 1784, acte I, scène

  Métaphore « front fertilisé » S. mène le jeu car elle annonce, se moque, surmonte et ris  thème de la farce et de la comédie, la scène d’exposition nous montre la force morale et le courage de S. III- Le projet de vengeance - « Ah ! » => interjection qui ramène le valet rusé, reprend du poil de la bête - Champ lexical du piège « d’attraper » « trompeur » « bon piège »  Piéger le piégeur Jeu de mot « tromper » : le comte trompe F. F trompe le comte L’intrigue s...

• LA MYTHOLOGIE EN QCM

  17 4 1 1000 questions de philo 996. Quelles sont les deux villes de la Bible maudites pour leurs péchés ? 997 . Qui est le dieu grec de 1 'Amour ? 998. Où arrive- t-on, comme disait Socrate, quand on arrive chez Hadès ? 999. De quoi Thanatos est-ille dieu ? 1000. Quel personnage très beau de la mythologie fut séduit par sa propre image? REPON SES 996. Sodome et Gomorrhe 997. Eros 998. Chez le dieu des morts 999. De la mort 1000 . Narcisse...

• LES œUVRES PHILOSOPHIQUES EN QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 163 925. Quel est le sujet commun à ces deux dialogues de Platon : Le Banquet et Phèdre ? 926. Lequel de ces livres n'est pas de Montesquieu mais de Cournot : Cons idérations sur la marche des idées et des événement s dans les temps modernes ou Con­ sidé rations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence ? 927. De qui sont inspirées les analyses de Sartre dans L' Être et le Né ant ? 928. Quel phil...

• La dynamique instable du capitalisme

   si la croissance effective est inférieure à la croissance potentielle, cela signifie que des capacités de production sont inutilisées : montée du chômage, sous-utilisation du capital fixe Les causes exogènes des fluctuations : les chocs d’offre et les chocs de demande o A) Le modèle offre globale/demande globale  2 variables :  la production totale de biens et de services, mesurée par le PIB réel  le niveau général des prix , mesuré par l’indice des prix à la consommation...