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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are unclassifiables?
(a) Foods that are yet to be named.
(b) Vegetables that also fall into the fruit category.
(c) Those who are only sometimes vegetarians.
(d) Commonly eaten meats that are considered aphrodisiac but cannot be included in teh common food categories.

2. How is Allende's friend's blind date turn into a Herculean god?
(a) His skill in the bedroom.
(b) His skill in the kitchen.
(c) His kindness.
(d) His physical appearance.

3. What do beluga, ossetra, and sevruga have in common?
(a) They are all classifications of caviar.
(b) They are all popular names in Eastern Europe.
(c) They are species of whales.
(d) They are all types of fish.

4. Of what is wheat a symbol?
(a) The country.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Growth.
(d) Fraternity.

5. What attracts Allende to her husband?
(a) His incredible skill in the kitchen.
(b) His incredible skill in the bedroom.
(c) His incredible work ethic.
(d) His physical appearance.

6. What happens after the woman in the story is stolen by pirates?
(a) She becomes their slave.
(b) She is made to walk to plank.
(c) She is sold into the sultan's harem.
(d) She becomes a pirate.

7. To whom is Anais Nin writing a letter?
(a) The collector of pornography.
(b) Allende.
(c) Her editor.
(d) Her mother.

8. What details does Allende include about meat?
(a) Where the various animals originated.
(b) What it looks and tastes like.
(c) What her most and least favorites are.
(d) How each meat is processed and prepared.

9. What is the purpose of an aphrodisiac?
(a) To promote love.
(b) To incite passion.
(c) To make people kind to one another.
(d) To populate the world.

10. What does the "Mea Culpa of the Culpable" section introduce?
(a) Meats that are considered sensual.
(b) The people who collaborated with Allende on this work.
(c) Various plants that are aphrodisiacs.
(d) The members of Allende's family.

11. How does the chapter close?
(a) With the most popular perfume in the United States today.
(b) With a list of perfumes.
(c) With a recipe for plum pudding.
(d) With a poem by Pablo Neruda.

12. Why can a family friend not eat chicken for ten years?
(a) He found out that many chickens have horrible lives before they are killed.
(b) He does not like the taste of chicken.
(c) He killed a chicken so unsuccessfully that he was traumatized.
(d) He became a Buddhist for ten years.

13. What is a practice Allende has personally witnessed?
(a) Eating love philters.
(b) Eating insects.
(c) Eating reptiles.
(d) Eating snails out of the shells.

14. How does Allende feel about meat being an aphrodisiac?
(a) She loves meat.
(b) She seriously doubts it.
(c) She is sure of it.
(d) She does not believe it.

15. What is the cause for the modern day obsession with variety?
(a) Loss of creativity, due to the rigid education systems.
(b) People having lost the gift of savoring simple things in life.
(c) Busy schedules.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Allende and Shekter brainstorm?

3. What does Allende say alligator tastes like?

4. How does Allende feel about these practices?

5. What is the greatest drawback to eating shellfish?

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