python code here, a) and b) questions, thank for you helping!

33# Consider this function. 34# a) What does it return on (particular input)? 35# b) In a sentence, what does it do in general? 36 37 def program1(thelist, thething): 38 if (thelist []): 39 40 elif (thelist[0]thething): 41 42 else: 43 return False return True return program1(thelist[1:], thething)