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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What values were acceptable in Allende's family?
(a) Those having to do with Chilean culture.
(b) Those having to do with religion and faith.
(c) Those having to do with the mind and the spirit.
(d) Those having to do with her father's interests.

2. Who set up private orgies for Allende's mother?
(a) Her mother's boyfriend.
(b) Her mother's friend.
(c) Her mother's first husband.
(d) Her mother's second husband.

3. What triggers a woman's sexual impulses?
(a) Taste.
(b) Sound and imagination.
(c) Touch and texture.
(d) Sight.

4. What type of etiquette does this describe?
(a) Blind dates.
(b) Conversations at work.
(c) Polite conversation.
(d) Table manners.

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

6. Why does the lady come up with a plan to kill her lover?
(a) He will not leave her in peace.
(b) She no longer loves him.
(c) He is annoying.
(d) She is tired of his cheating.

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

8. When does this story originate?
(a) In modern-day China.
(b) In tenth-century Japan.
(c) In tenth-century India.
(d) In modern-day Iran.

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

10. With what are all eggs associated?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Chickens.

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

12. What is the purpose of excess consumption of both food and sex?
(a) Greed.
(b) Enjoyment.
(c) Have in abundance.
(d) Gluttony.

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

14. What animal is rich in vitamins, minerals, and protein, low in fate, and has delicious flavor?
(a) Beef.
(b) Goat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Pork.

15. What is a fugu?
(a) A type of Middle Eastern fungus.
(b) An Argentinian chocolate.
(c) A fish only available in Japan.
(d) A small squid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "Mea Culpa of the Culpable" section introduce?

2. What does Nin say makes sex truly fulfilling?

3. What are unclassifiables?

4. When does attraction begin in humans?

5. Who took over domestic chores and maternal duties?

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