CHAPTER III 

[ Scene-The Studio.] 

"Oh, John, friend of my boyhood, I am the unhappiest of men." 

"You're a simpleton!" 

"I have nothing left to love but my poor statue of America--and see, even she has no sympathy for me in her cold marble countenance--so beautiful and so heartless!" 

"You're a dummy!" 

"Oh, John!" 

Oh, fudge! Didn't you say you had six months to raise the money in?" 

"Don't deride my agony, John. If I had six centuries what good would it do? How could it help a poor wretch without name, capital, or friends?" 

"Idiot! Coward! Baby! Six months to raise the money in--and five will do!" 

"Are you insane?" 

"Six months--an abundance. Leave it to me. I'll raise it." 

"What do you mean, John? How on earth can you raise such a monstrous sum for me?" 

"Will you let that be my business, and not meddle? Will you leave the thing in my hands? Will you swear to submit to whatever I do? Will you pledge me to find no fault with my actions?" 

"I am dizzy--bewildered--but I swear." 

John took up a hammer and deliberately smashed the nose of America! He made another pass and two of her fingers fell to the floor--another, and part of an ear came away--another, and a row of toes was mangled and dismembered--another, and the left leg, from the knee down, lay a fragmentary ruin! 

John put on his hat and departed. 

George gazed speechless upon the battered and grotesque nightmare before him for the space of thirty seconds, and then wilted to the floor and went into convulsions.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the person that is unhappy?
2. A lack of happiness is being experienced by which person?
3. 
Q2:
1. Why isn't George happy?
2. What reason does George have for not being happy?
3. 
Q3:
1. How much time does John need to raise the money?
2. In order to raise the money, John needs how much time?
3. 
Q4:
1. What does John have to do within six months?
2. John has six months to do what?
3. 
Q5:
1. What is the sum of money that John needs to raise in six months?
2. John has to raise what sum of money within six months?
3. 
Q6:
1. Does John feel as if he is capable of raising the money in six months?
2. Is it possible to raise the money within six months, according to John?
3. 
Q7:
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Q8:
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Q9:
1. What did John do prior to smashing the nose of America?
2. Prior to smashing America's nose, what did John do?
3. 
Q10:
1. What did John do with the hammer that he took up?
2. John took up a hammer and did what?
3. 
Q11:
1. John smashed the nose of what object?
2. Which object's nose was smashed by John?
3. 
Q12:
1. Did John hit the statue of America once?
2. Was the statue of America hit once by John?
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