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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Language of Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some common favorites on the list?
(a) Apples and grapes.
(b) Strawberry pie and raspberry gelatin.
(c) Apple tart and lemon merengue pie.
(d) Kiwi and mango.

2. What did Allende's family do once a year?
(a) Drink wine.
(b) Harvest grapes.
(c) Travel to famous vineyards to purchase wine.
(d) Bottle wine.

3. What list does Allende give?
(a) All the fruits that are considered aphrodisiac in nature.
(b) The most strange fruits.
(c) Recipes calling for various fruits.
(d) The most exotic and unknown fruits.

4. Why are the herbs blacklisted by the convent?
(a) They were difficult to grow.
(b) They had aphrodisiac qualities.
(c) They do not taste very good.
(d) They were expensive.

5. What convent blacklisted these herbs?
(a) Barefoot Sisters of the Poor.
(b) Franciscan Sisters.
(c) Sisters of Notre Dame.
(d) Carmelite Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nin say makes sex truly fulfilling?

2. How are a man and woman's sensitivities to smell?

3. Who does Catherine the Great marry?

4. What does Allende believe is the most powerful aphrodisiac?

5. What ocean creature does not belong in the same category as fish?

(see the answer key)

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