[Mohamed Ibrahim Shady]

Read the Passage and answer the questions:
Events over the past two weeks in Egypt have been a lesson in the real meaning of a united nation, writes Mona Anis
"I am sure he saw days like these, and couldn't believe his eyes, just as we can't," the poet Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnoudi said about the influential author Tawfiq Al-Hakim (1898-1987), when I told him I could now understand the exact meaning of the Arabic term awdat al-ruh or "return of the spirit", used by Al-Hakim to describe the 1919 revolution in his classic novel of the same name.
Over the past two weeks, while friends of my daughter stationed in Tahrir Square kept coming to our flat to use the bathroom or to have a hot drink before they went back to the business of occupying the square, I couldn't stop thinking of 1919 revolution, and the students of 1935, who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their country.
On Black Wednesday (2 Feb, 2011), when some two hundred young people were killed less than a kilometre away from where I live, I broke down completely and screamed at my daughter to call her friends and tell them to run to our place as they were no match for those committing this massacre.
The answer I received then was that these young people were determined to hold onto Tahrir Square, even if this was at the cost of their lives. They succeeded in standing their ground and teaching the whole nation a lesson in determination.
On Thursday morning, I went to Tahrir Square to apologise to every young man and woman I knew for having been such a coward the night before; and ever since I have been spending more and more time in Tahrir, less to sacrifice my life than revel in Egypt's spirit regained.
1 - What does the writer compare present revolution to?
2 – Why was the writer scared?
3 – How did the girls react to her call?
4 – Students in 1935 were (as nationalistic as – more brave than – less coward than – freer than) young Egyptians today.
5 – Young Egyptians proved to be (unreliable – role model – poor model – envious) for their peers in other countries.