All of the Following About the Empress Dowager Are Correct

question 85

Multiple Choice

All of the following about the Empress Dowager are correct except that she

• A)was power-hungry and self-centered.
• B)placed her nephew on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup.
• C)had once been an imperial concubine.
• D)opposed attempts to significantly strengthen or modernize China.
• E)abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms.

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Definitions:

Antiaromatic

Compounds that have conjugated pi electrons in a cyclic ring, destabilized by not following Huckel's rule for aromatic stability.

Nonaromatic

Refers to compounds that do not fulfill the requirements for aromaticity, lacking a cyclic, planar structure with delocalized pi electrons.

Indole

A heterocyclic compound containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrrole ring, notable for its presence in many biologically active molecules.

M-iodobenzoic Acid

An iodinated benzoic acid derivative, specifically with the iodine atom in the meta position relative to the carboxyl group, used in organic synthesis.