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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dosage listed for the drug 2C-B?

2. What retreat does Shura go on in Chapter 40?

3. What drug does Alice take to quell her anger after her breakup?

4. In Chapter 38, Alice dreams of what vivid object?

5. What drug does Shura take in Chapter 29 that is derived from Aleph-2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Alice and Shura go in Chapter 35? Why?

2. What is the lecture that Shura gives about in Chapter 42?

3. What does Shura reveal to Alice in Chapter 32? What does he believe about Dolph?

4. What does Shura write of his earliest experiences with 2C-B in The Chemical Story Part One?

5. What is Shura's take of Aleph-7 in The Chemical Story Part One?

6. Who writes a letter to Ursula in Chapter 29? Why?

7. Where does Shura go in Chapter 40? What drug does he take there and what effect does it have?

8. What celebration takes place in Chapter 36? What drug is suggested?

9. Chapter 39 consists mostly of a report written by Dante Sandeman after taking the drug 2C-T-7. What takes place the night before?

10. What does Shura tell Alice of nucleotides in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss psilocybin and mescaline. How do these organic drugs differ from the syntheses created by the author? Describe the conversation between Alice and Shura regarding nature versus synthesis.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the characters of Ursula and Dolph in Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. Where do they live? How do they know the protagonist? What role do they play in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Alice in Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. How old is Alice when her character is first introduced? What are her character's principle objectives? What are her actions?

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