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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can love potions be created to treat?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) A variety of issues.
(c) Depression.
(d) Hyperactivity.

2. What do forget-me-knots symbolize to Allende?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her sixteenth birthday.
(c) Her first day back in her homeland.
(d) Her exile from her homeland.

3. The mushroom activates a gland in the pig that produces the same pheromones present in humans when they feel what emotion?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Jealousy.

4. Upon what do vegetables depend for their sensual qualities?
(a) Their color.
(b) Their freshness.
(c) Their shape.
(d) Their size.

5. When they return, what is the only thing remaining?
(a) Colomba's shoes.
(b) The basket of food.
(c) Colomba's straw hat.
(d) The blanket.

6. What does Allende call her emergency recipe for this special mushroom soup?
(a) Reconciliation Soup.
(b) I Love You Soup.
(c) I'm Sorry Soup.
(d) Yummy Truffle Soup.

7. What does Catherine the Great have the presence of mind to do?
(a) To have her children educated.
(b) Marry her children into wealthy families.
(c) Divorce her husband.
(d) Have her husband eliminated.

8. Which cheese tasted the best?
(a) The processed cheese.
(b) Don Maurizio's.
(c) The cheese factory.
(d) The grocery store.

9. Who does not pay attention to such details as the type, color, or fragrance of flowers as a form of communication.
(a) The Medieval world.
(b) The Native Americans.
(c) Ancient Asian world.
(d) The modern-day Western world.

10. What is the definition of nouvelle cuisine?
(a) The same ingredients combined in more ethnic combinations, including more Asian and Latin American influences.
(b) New French food.
(c) Entirely new ingredients and recipes.
(d) New ingredients used to enhance old recipes.

11. Where is tea primarily cultivated?
(a) Warm, dry climates.
(b) Warm, humid climates.
(c) Dry, arctic climates.
(d) Dry, dessert cimates.

12. What does this chapter list?
(a) Vegetables that are considered aphrodisiac.
(b) Fruits that are aphrodisiac.
(c) Vegetables that are not considered aphrodisiac.
(d) Fruits that are not aphordisiac.

13. Why does Allende take dirt from Chile to her new home?
(a) To put in a time capsul in her new home.
(b) To keep in a bag to remember home.
(c) To try to grow forget-me-knots.
(d) To put on the ground in her new home.

14. Where do erotic qualities of vegetables rest?
(a) In the recipe in which the vegetable is cooked.
(b) In tradition and habit.
(c) In scientific discovery.
(d) In the eye of the beholder.

15. In what does Allende believe?
(a) Eating healthy food.
(b) Arranged marriages.
(c) Love at first sight.
(d) Drinking large amounts of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the most common ingredients in love philters during the Middle Ages?

2. Why does the author include this section?

3. Where was the cheese left during the last step of the process?

4. When is any alcohol perceived to be better?

5. What are listed as fruits but are not traditionally classified as fruits in American culture?

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