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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aphrodisiac Cruelties | About Eroticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allende speculate?
(a) How people first became attracted to one another by scent.
(b) How humanity might have come to creating scents to be worn on the human body.
(c) How much better an animal's sense of smell is than a human's.
(d) Why people first began experimenting with scents.

2. What does she write for this person?
(a) A script for a pornographic movie.
(b) A love letter.
(c) A collection of short, erotic stories.
(d) A romance novel.

3. What does Nin say makes sex truly fulfilling?
(a) Being with someone you love.
(b) The influence and indulgence of the senses.
(c) Having control over someone else.
(d) Being controlled by another.

4. What profession is highlighted in "Aphrodisiac Cruelties?"
(a) Cattle butchering.
(b) Horse breaking.
(c) Sheep shearing.
(d) Crocodile hunting.

5. What utensils do most cultures today use for eating?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Cups.
(c) Silverware.
(d) Chopsticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spices are on this list?

2. What type of etiquette does this describe?

3. How does Allende define an aphrodisiac?

4. Why does Lola Montez invent the Tarantula?

5. What has Christianity taught about the senses and appetites?

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