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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