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Identify the person speaking:  “You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agree, as you can all read the book? We do not wish to destroy your religion or take it from you. We want only to enjoy our own. We are told that you have been preaching to the white people in this place. These people are our neighbors. We are acquainted with them. We will wait a little while, and see what effect your preaching has upon them.”

Identify the character: This person seeks revenge for a wrong and still relives the scene fifty years later. He did not want to take the life of the man who has insulted his family, but his society’s code of honor demanded action. On his deathbed, he remembers and confesses the details of the murder from fifty years ago as if it had just happened.

Identify the literary trend: This literary trend began in the early 1800s in American literature and painting, a generation after Europeans had use it. The trend often focuses on nature. It can also use the mystical, long ago and far away, the unknown. It stresses the emotional side of human experience rather than the intellectual side of the previous century. Among the great writers of this trend are Poe, Hawthorne,  Melville, and Bryant.

Identify the speaker: “Lift the veil but once, and look me in the face.”

Identify the speaker of the quote: “The Great Spirit is angry with our enemies; he speaks in thunder, and the earth swallows up villages, and drinks up the Mississippi. The great waters will cover their lowlands; their corn cannot grow; and the Great Spirit will sweep those who escape to the hills from the earth with his terrible breath . . .BROTHERS–We must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit; he is for us; he will destroy our enemies, and make all his red children happy.”

Liam is a 21-year-old who presents to the office because he can’t seem to quit crying.  When asked if he has any thoughts of harming himself he responds “I’d have to quit crying long enough to figure out how I’d do it”.  What is the most appropriate plan of care for this patient? 

Donna is a 57-year-old with a 40-pack year history of smoking cigarettes.  She presents requesting help with smoking cessation.  She tells you that she is feeling better than she has in a long time.  “I just got out of the hospital for a nervous breakdown.  The police came and took me because I was trying to jump off the bridge over the Missouri River”.  She has decided she wants to quit smoking so she can “feel really, really healthy”.  You have encouraged her for years to quit smoking and are thrilled she is wanting to quit.  Please select all appropriate treatment options for Donna.

Which are included in the Rome IV criteria used to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome? Select all that apply.

What advice is reasonable to provide a patient regarding prevention of DVT with air travel?  Please select all statements that apply.

A patient presents to your practice with a history of cholelithiasis. Which patient complaining of increased pain would require more urgent evaluation?