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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug does Shura synthesize in Chapter 9?
(a) DOM.
(b) LSD.
(c) PCP.
(d) THC.

2. What was Shura given for a bone infection in his thumb in WWII?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Morphine.

3. At what age did Shura receive a scholarship to Harvard?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seventeen.

4. Where does Shura meet Peter Mille?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Italy.

5. What was the occupation of both of Shura's parents?
(a) Writer.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Industrial laborer.
(d) Schoolteacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the protagonist's first wife in the novel?

2. What is the state of trance referred to by Alice in Chapter 16?

3. Chapter 4 concerns Shura's experiments with what drug?

4. What is Shura's last name in the novel?

5. In Chapter 6, Shura details manufacturing the drug ____ by combining an ammonia molecule to a substance called myristicin, which is found in oil of nutmeg.

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