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Sent 1: As his car slid downtown on Tuesday morning the mind of Arnold Thorndike was occupied with such details of daily routine as the purchase of a railroad, the Japanese loan, the new wing to his art gallery, and an attack that morning, in his own newspaper, upon his pet trust.
Sent 2: But his busy mind was not too occupied to return the salutes of the traffic policemen who cleared the way for him.
Sent 3: Or, by some genius of memory, to recall the fact that it was on this morning young Spear was to be sentenced for theft.
Sent 4: It was a charming morning.
Sent 5: The spring was at full tide, and the air was sweet and clean.
Sent 6: Mr. Thorndike considered whimsically that to send a man to jail with the memory of such a morning clinging to him was adding a year to his sentence.
Sent 7: He regretted he had not given the probation officer a stronger letter.
Sent 8: He remembered the young man now, and favorably.
Sent 9: A shy, silent youth, deft in work, and at other times conscious and embarrassed.
Sent 10: But that, on the part of a stenographer, in the presence of the Wisest Man in Wall Street, was not unnatural.
Sent 11: On occasions, Mr. Thorndike had put even royalty— frayed, impecunious royalty, on the lookout for a loan—at its ease.
Sent 12: The hood of the car was down, and the taste of the air, warmed by the sun, was grateful.
Sent 13: It was at this time, a year before, that young Spear picked the spring flowers to take to his mother.
Sent 14: A year from now where would young Spear be?
Sent 15: It was characteristic of the great man to act quickly, so quickly that his friends declared he was a slave to impulse.
Sent 16: It was these same impulses, leading so invariably to success, that made his enemies call him the Wisest Man.
Sent 17: He leaned forward and touched the chauffeur's shoulder.
Sent 18: "Stop at the Court of General Sessions," he commanded.
Sent 19: What he proposed to do would take but a few minutes.
Sent 20: A word, a personal word from him to the district attorney, or the judge, would be enough.

Question: How does Mr. Thorndike act upon his impulse? (true/0)

It depended on the impulse
He didn't - he first thought things through
All of his friends were called slaves to impulse
He tells his chauffeur to go to the Court of General Sessions to say a personal word to the judge
He usually went for it, but gave himself time to think first

Question: Why was it a charming morning? (true/1)

The traffic policemen who cleared the way for him were charming
Some genius of memory
It was cold and grey but he was somehow happy
Spring was at full tide, and the air was clean and sweet
He enjoyed thinking of details of his daily routine, found it charming

Question: What was Arthur Thorndike thinking of on his morning drive? (true/3)

The purchase of a railroad, the Japanese loan, the new wing to his art gallery, an article in a newspaper he owned attacking his favorite trust, and that a young man named spear was going to be sentenced for theft
The salutes
The daily news
His mother
His daily routine, before he started thinking of Spear
The policemen that cleared the way for him

Question: Who did Mr. Thorndike tell to "Stop at the Court of General Sessions"? (true/4)

The policemen who cleared the way for him
Young Spear
The Chauffeur
The judge

Question: How does Mr. Thorndike describe the weather of the day? (true/5)

He says the spring air is sweet and clean and the sun is warm. He calls it a charming morning
Charming, even though cold
Charming, the air is sour and filled with strange things
Okay, warm

Question: What was the weather like? (false/6)

Question: What is the name of the shy, silent stenographer about to be put in jail for theft? (true/7)

Spear
Arnold
Thorndike
The probation officer

Question: What did Mr. Thorndike want to do at the Court of General Sessions? (true/8)

He wanted to help young Spear
He liked the walk from there to his home
Speak with the district attorney or Judge personally
He wanted to see the judge
He needed to do some business in relation to the Japanese loan

Question: Mr. Thorndike mentions impulses--what does he say? (true/9)

He's a slave to impulses
That his friends say he is a slave to impulses because he tends to act quickly, but those impulses have led to his success
He's glad he never listen to his impulses
He hates impulses
He likes acting upon his impulses rarely, from time to time

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