A Middle-Aged Man Accosts You in a Campus Building and Insists

question 93

Multiple Choice

A middle-aged man accosts you in a campus building and insists on telling you that several horses must have gotten into the building because he can hear them whinnying wherever he goes. You do not hear any sounds and cannot see any animals. This man is probably suffering from

• A)abnormal excitement.
• B)a hallucination.
• C)a delusion.
• D)disorientation.

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Definitions:

Radical Republicans

A faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from about 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877, who believed in the immediate emancipation of the slaves and harsh repercussions for the Southern states.

Emancipation Proclamation

Declaration issued by President Abraham Lincoln; the preliminary proclamation on September 22, 1862, freed the slaves in areas under Confederate control as of January 1, 1863, the date of the final proclamation, which also authorized the enrollment of black soldiers into the Union army.

Delayed

Postponed or made later than originally planned or expected.

Battle of Antietam

A pivotal Civil War battle fought on September 17, 1862, known for being the bloodiest single-day conflict in American history.