This exam is worth 50 points total. The exam will be available starting at noon on Wednesday, 3/4 and due by midnight on Friday, 3/6, and you will have 60 minutes to complete the exam once you begin.

A patient falls and hits the back of their head. After the accident, they have trouble recognizing familiar faces and objects. Which lobe of the brain is most likely affected?

Which of the following best describes informed consent in research?

Adrienne has taken an opiate drug that makes them feel “high” by increasing their normal sensation of pleasure. The drug they took was a (n)

A researcher studies whether caffeine improves reaction time. One group drinks coffee, and another drinks decaf. All participants then complete a reaction-time test. What is the dependent variable?

Option 1 — Character Study Through Unlikely Comparisons  Analyze a character from Hamlet through an analogy drawn from something you know well.  Choose a character from the play and pair them with something deeply familiar to you—cars, recipes, power tools, gaming builds, birds, fabrics, hairstyles, tattoo styles, engine systems, coaching roles, woodworking joints, kitchen stations, musical genres, gardening methods, martial arts belt levels, or anything else that reflects your own interests and knowledge.  Choose a theme such as loyalty, pressure, reinvention, emotional restraint, burnout, consequences, identity, performance, self‑sabotage, or moral conflict.  Your essay should:  Identify a specific moment in the play that reveals your chosen theme (with quotations) Explain how your analogy—a car model, recipe, hair color formula, gaming archetype, bird species, tool, or other item—captures something essential about the character’s personality, motivations, or conflicts Show how the analogy deepens your understanding of both the character and the theme Explain why this analogy matters to you personally, academically, or in your field  The goal is not humor—it’s insight. Make a comparison that reveals the character in a new way someone else might never imagine.  Be specific. The more details you include from the play and from the thing you are comparing, the better your writing will be. Also, explain more than you think is necessary. The connections may seem obvious to you, but they may not be obvious to your reader.   Option 2 — The Power of a Single Word  How one word shapes multiple scenes, themes, and your world right now.  Choose one important word from Hamlet. This may be a repeated word or a word whose meaning shifts depending on the speaker or situation. Examples include: seems, nothing, remember, honor, act, think, fear, mad, show, doubt, flesh, virtue, honest, friend, rot, dust. You are writing from memory, so just do your best to describe the scenes where the word you are writing about is used. Then write an essay explaining how this single word—and its variations or synonyms—shapes the play’s themes and your own understanding of the world.  Your essay must:  Analyze at least two different scenes where the word appears or is implied Explain how the meaning of the word shifts or deepens across the play Show what this reveals about characters, conflicts, or Shakespeare’s thematic choices Connect this word’s thematic work in Hamlet to an issue in our current era  Consider:   Political life (trust, honesty, fear, performance, corruption, image vs. reality) Professional life (boundaries, identity, burnout, loyalty, virtue, decision‑making) Personal life (friendship, doubt, memory, nothingness, fear, pressure, reinvention)  Explain how examining this one word in a 400‑year‑old play helps you better understand something happening today—in your field, your community, or in yourself.  Be specific. The more details you include from the play and from the thing you are comparing, the better your writing will be. Also, explain more than you think is necessary. The connections may seem obvious to you, but they may not be obvious to your reader. Examples to inspire direction (choose your own word from below or another one):  How “think” exposes the cost of overthinking in an era of constant information  How “virtue” reveals the gap between public image and private behavior in politics  How “honest” connects to modern distrust, misinformation, or performative authenticity  How “friend” reflects shifting definitions of loyalty, especially in digital spaces  How “rot” echoes concerns about institutional decay or corruption today  How “dust” reframes conversations about mortality, legacy, mental health, and meaning  This prompt builds close‑reading skills and shows how literary analysis helps you navigate the challenges of your own world. 

Lab 4 Acids, Bases and pH A base with a pH of 13 is 100 times more basic than a base with a pH of 10.

This may be a result of a permeation of inflammatory byproducts of pulpal origin through the apical foramen or smaller canals in the apical third of a tooth. 

Lab 5 Microscopes The stage is the part of the microscope that holds the eyepieces.

A patient is being discharged from the neuro unit after diagnosis of a transient ischemic attack (TIA). What statement by the patient indicates the need for more education before discharge?