You are dispatched to a residence at 2:00 AM for an elderly man with shortness of breath. The patient tells you that he was suddenly awakened with the feeling that he was smothering. You note dried blood on his lips. The patient tells you that he has some type of “breathing problem,” for which he uses a prescribed inhaler and takes a “heart pill.” You should suspect:

In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edwards intends to make his hearers feel everything except

Which of the following statements regarding asystole is correct?

List the three things Thomas Jefferson was once to have said that he wished to be remembered for.

Define maxim or aphorism. Give an example of one of Benjamin Franklin’s maxims or aphorisms from “The Way to Wealth,” and explain what it means.

The semi-formal diary in English began to flourish after the Reformation as self-reflection became an integral feature of everyday life for many people.

Paine believed that people appreciate most those things they have had to obtain through sacrifice.

Paine believed that revolution was

Match the terms on the right with the appropriate description on the left.

In the textbook’s biography for J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, the editor argues that in Letters from an American Farmer, “Crevecoeur offers an idealistic portrait of the soon-to-be United States, one that resonated with the later depictions of the nation as a melting pot and a land of opportunity” (552). Using the text, offer at least one passage from Crevecoeur that seems to hint of America becoming both a melting pot and a land of opportunity.