Base your answer to the following question on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies. What is the main idea of the cartoon?   

.. . . But after a long period of commercial intercourse [trade], there appear among the crowd of barbarians both good persons and bad, unevenly. Consequently there are those who smuggle opium to seduce the Chinese people and so cause the spread of the poison to all provinces. Such persons who only care to profit themselves, and disregard their harm to others, are not tolerated by the laws of heaven and are unanimously hated by human beings. His Majesty the Emperor, upon hearing of this, is in a towering rage. He has especially sent me, his commissioner, to come to Kwangtung [Guangdong Province], and together with the governor-general and governor jointly to investigate and settle this matter. . . . .   ..Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria. from Lin Zexu (Lin Tse-Hsu), Chinese Commissioner of Canton, 1839   This letter to Queen Victoria relates most directly to the outbreak of the

Speech at the Diet of Worms (April 18, 1521), Martin Luther I have composed, secondly, certain works against the papacy, wherein I have attacked such as by false doctrines, irregular lives, and scandalous examples, afflict the Christian world, and ruin the bodies and souls of men. And is not this confirmed by the grief of all who fear God? Is it not manifest that the laws and human doctrines of the popes entangle, vex, and distress the consciences of the faithful, while the crying and endless extortions of Rome engulf the property and wealth of Christendom, and more particularly of this illustrious nation? Yet it is a perpetual statute that the laws and doctrines of the pope be held erroneous and reprobate when they are contrary to the Gospel and the opinions of the church fathers. What kind of “endless extortions of Rome” did Luther argue were “engulf[ing] the property and wealth of Christendom?”

The Prince (1513) by Machiavelli It is necessary to consider another point in examining the character of these [countries]: that is, whether a prince has such power that, in case of need, he can support himself with his own resources, or whether he has always need of the assistance of others. And to make this quite clear I say that I consider those who are able to support themselves by their own resources who can, either by abundance of men or money, raise a sufficient army to join battle against any one who comes to attack them; and I consider those always to have need of others who cannot show themselves against the enemy in the field. . . A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules. . .   Based on the text, what inference can be made about the author’s opinion?

The Prince (1513) by Machiavelli It is necessary to consider another point in examining the character of these [countries]: that is, whether a prince has such power that, in case of need, he can support himself with his own resources, or whether he has always need of the assistance of others. And to make this quite clear I say that I consider those who are able to support themselves by their own resources who can, either by abundance of men or money, raise a sufficient army to join battle against any one who comes to attack them; and I consider those always to have need of others who cannot show themselves against the enemy in the field. . . A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules. . .   Which scenario given below would the author most likely agree is proof that a king was well-prepared to rule his nation?

Short-acting β2 agonists are indicated for: 

You enter the room of a 2-yr-old patient who presents with a “barking cough” typically associated with croup. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, which of the following medications could you recommend to help provide relief from subglottic swelling? 

Which of the following is a once-a-day anticholinergic? 

Out of the total systemically available drug, the proportion of drug available from the lung is:

The graph shows the progress of a chemical reaction with and without the aid of an enzyme. Which letter represents the total activation energy required for this reaction when an enzyme is present?