# Some Answered Questions

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990, bahai-library.com.
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> Some Answered Questions
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> Abdu'l-Bahá
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> Laura Clifford Barney, translator
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> Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990
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> Part One — on the Influence of the Prophets in the Evolution of Humanity
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> Nature Is Governed by One Universal Law
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> Proofs and Evidences of the Existence of God
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> The Need of an Educator
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> Abraham
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> Moses
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> Christ
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> Muhammad
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> The Báb
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> Bahá'u'lláh
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> Traditional Proofs Exemplified from the Book of Daniel
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> Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of the Revelation of St. John
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> Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of Isaiah
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> Commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Revelation of St. John
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> Spiritual Proofs
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> True Wealth
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> Part Two — Some Christian Subjects
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> Outward Forms and Symbols Must Be Used to Convey Intellectual Conceptions
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> The Birth of Christ
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> The Greatness of Christ Is Due to His Perfections
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> The Baptism of Christ
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> The Necessity of Baptism
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> The Symbolism of the Bread and the Wine
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> Miracles
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> The Resurrection of Christ
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> The Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles
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> The Holy Spirit
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> The Second Coming of Christ and the Day of Judgment
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> The Trinity
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> Explanation of Verse Five, Chapter Seventeen, of the Gospel
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> Explanation of Verse Twenty-Two, Chapter Fifteen, of The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians
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> Adam and Eve
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> Explanation of Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
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> Explanation of the Verse "For Many Are Called but Few Are Chosen"
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> The "Return" Spoken of by the Prophets
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> Peter's Confession of Faith
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> Predestination
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> Part Three — on the Powers and Conditions of the Manifestations of God
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> The Five Aspects of Spirit
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> The Divinity Can Only Be Comprehended Through the Divine Manifestations
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> The Three Stations of the Divine Manifestations
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> The Human Condition and the Spiritual Condition of the Divine Manifestations
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> The Knowledge of the Divine Manifestations
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> The Universal Cycles
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> The Power and Influence of the Divine Manifestations
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> The Two Classes of Prophets
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> Explanation of the Rebukes Addressed by God to the Prophets
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> Explanation of the Verse of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, "There Is No Partner For Him Who Is the Dayspring of Revelation...
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> Part Four — on the Origin, Powers and Conditions of Man
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> Modification of Species
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> The Universe Is Without Beginning the Origin of Man
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> The Difference Existing Between Man and Animal
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> The Growth and Development of the Human Race
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> Spiritual Proofs of the Origin of Man
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> The Spirit and Mind of Man Have Existed From the Beginning
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> The Appearing of the Spirit in the Body
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> The Relation Between God and the Creature
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> On the Proceeding of the Human Spirit From God
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> Soul, Spirit and Mind
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> The Physical Powers and the Intellectual Powers
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> The Causes of the Differences in the Characters of Men
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> The Degree of Knowledge Possessed by Man and the Divine Manifestations
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> Man's Knowledge of God
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> The Immortality of the Spirit (1)
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> The Immortality of the Spirit (2)
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> Perfections Are Without Limit
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> The Progress of Man in the Other World
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> The State of Man and His Progress After Death
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> Explanation of a Verse in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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> The Existence of the Rational Soul After the Death of the Body
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> Eternal Life and Entrance Into the Kingdom of God
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> Fate
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> The Influence of the Stars
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> Free Will
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> Visions and Communication With Spirits
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> Healing by Spiritual Means
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> Healing by Material Means
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> Part Five — Miscellaneous Subjects
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> The Nonexistence of Evil
> Two Kinds of Torment
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> The Justice and Mercy of God
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> The Right Method of Treating Criminals
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> Strikes
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> The Reality of the Exterior World
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> Real Preexistence
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> Reincarnation
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> Pantheism
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> The Four Methods of Acquiring Knowledge
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> The Necessity of Following the Teachings of the Divine Manifestations
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> Click below to go to a page (or chapter) of Some Answered Questions:
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> Introductory Pages 0 1 2
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> Chapter 1 3 4
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> Chapter 2 5 6
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> Chapter 3 7 8 9 10 11
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> Chapter 4 12 13
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> Chapter 5 14 15
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> Chapter 6 16 17
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> Chapter 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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> Chapter 8 25 26
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> Chapter 9 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
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> Chapter 10 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
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> Chapter 11 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
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> 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61
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> Chapter 12 62 63 64 65 66
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> Chapter 13 67 68 69 70 71 72
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> Chapter 14 73 74 75 76 77
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> Chapter 15 78 79 80 81 82
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> Chapter 16 83 84 85 86
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> Chapter 17 87 88
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> Chapter 18 89 90
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> Chapter 19 91 92
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> Chapter 20 93 94 95 96
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> Chapter 21 97 98 99
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> Chapter 22 100 101 102
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> Chapter 23 103 104 105
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> Chapter 24 106 107
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> Chapter 25 108 109
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> Chapter 26 110 111 112
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> Chapter 27 113 114 115
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> Chapter 28 116 117
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> Chapter 29 118 119 120 121
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> Chapter 30 122 123 124 125 126
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> Chapter 31 127 128
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> Chapter 32 129 130 131
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> Chapter 33 132 133 134
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> Chapter 34 135 136 137
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> Chapter 35 138 139 140 141
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> Chapter 36 142 143 144 145
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> Chapter 37 146 147 148 149 150
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> Chapter 38 151 152 153
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> Chapter 39 154 155 156
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> Chapter 40 157 158 159
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> Chapter 41 160 161
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> Chapter 42 162 163
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> Chapter 43 164 165 166
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> Chapter 44 167 168 169 170
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> Chapter 45 171 172 173 174 175
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> Chapter 46 176 177 178 179
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> Chapter 47 180 181 182 183 184
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> Chapter 48 185 186 187 188 189 190
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> Chapter 49 191 192 193 194
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> Chapter 50 195 196 197
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> Chapter 51 198 199
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> Chapter 52 200 201
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> Chapter 53 202 203 204
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> Chapter 54 205 206 207
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> Chapter 55 208 209
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> Chapter 56 210 211
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> Chapter 57 212 213 214 215 216
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> Chapter 58 217 218 219
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> Chapter 59 220 221 222
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> Chapter 60 223 224 225 226
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> Chapter 61 227 228 229
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> Chapter 62 230 231 232
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> Chapter 63 233 234
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> Chapter 64 235 236 237
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> Chapter 65 238
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> Chapter 66 239 240
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> Chapter 67 241 242 243
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> Chapter 68 244
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> Chapter 69 245 246 247
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> Chapter 70 248 249 250
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> Chapter 71 251 252 253
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> Chapter 72 254 255 256
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> Chapter 73 257 258 259 260 261 262
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> Chapter 74 263 264
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> Chapter 75 265
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> Chapter 76 266 267
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> Chapter 77 268 269 270 271 272
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> Chapter 78 273 274 275 276 277
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> Chapter 79 278 279
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> Chapter 80 280 281
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> Chapter 81 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289
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> Chapter 82 290 291 292 293 294 295 296
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> Chapter 83 297 298 299
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> Chapter 84 300 301 302 303 304 305
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> — *Some Answered Questions (Used by permission of the curator)*