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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Allende and Shekter brainstorm?
(a) Known aphrodisiacs.
(b) How to bring about world peace.
(c) Places to travel looking for aphrodisiacs.
(d) Vacations to take.

3. Who does Catherine the Great marry?
(a) A handsome prince.
(b) An old scholar.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) An ugly, gluttonous man.

4. There is nothing better than what reading to fire up sexual desire?
(a) The priests' confessional list of questions.
(b) Romance novels.
(c) The kama sutra.
(d) Pornographic magazines.

5. Why does Allende receive a phone call from her stepson, Jason?
(a) He enjoys talking to his stepmother.
(b) He is seeking advice for a first date.
(c) He is hoping to get a later curfew.
(d) He wants to know what is for dinner.

6. What spices are on this list?
(a) Unique and hard to find spices.
(b) Poisonous spices.
(c) Many of the more common spices.
(d) Unusual spices.

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

8. Why do people today turn to ever-stranger aphrodisiacs?
(a) These aphrodisiacs are available.
(b) Little excites or surprises people.
(c) People have nothing better to do.
(d) People love technology.

9. What ocean creature does not belong in the same category as fish?
(a) Shark.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Swordfish.
(d) Angelfish.

10. What are some of the most popular methods of preparation of eggs?
(a) As merengue and other toppings.
(b) Eggs benedict, over easy, and sunny side up.
(c) In a cake, pie, or custard.
(d) Eating eggs raw, hard boiling, scrambling, and making omelets.

11. What were herbs and spices grown in convent and monastery gardens used for?
(a) Flavoring food.
(b) Preserving food.
(c) Aphrodisiac purposes.
(d) Medicinal purposes.

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

13. What does Allende caution?
(a) Readers to be careful with words.
(b) Readers to avoid technological aphrodisiacs.
(c) Readers to be in love.
(d) Readers to be careful with aphrodisiacs.

14. What is a very close second best aphrodisiac?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Love.
(c) Wine.
(d) Variety.

15. What is the greatest drawback to eating shellfish?
(a) They often cause allergic reactions.
(b) They are very expensive.
(c) They are difficult to find.
(d) They do not taste very good.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Allende feel about these practices?

2. What association is inevitable?

3. Who are the most successful at cultivating the art of the erotic?

4. What does the order of dishes during a meal affect?

5. What profession is highlighted in "Aphrodisiac Cruelties?"

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