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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Catherine the Great do for half a century?
(a) She rules her husband's country.
(b) She takes care of the poor.
(c) She wastes her time.
(d) She guides her husband in all the decisions he makes.

3. What was probably just a rumor about Catherine the Great?
(a) She had two lovers.
(b) She was celibate.
(c) She did not enjoy ruling her country.
(d) She had relations with her horse.

4. What does this final section contain?
(a) Herbal remedies.
(b) Recipes.
(c) Lists of aphrodisiacs.
(d) Medicinal uses of alcohol.

5. Why does the author include this section?
(a) She wants the readers to learn more about cooking and aphrodisiacs.
(b) Her mother is an amazing cook.
(c) The author loves food.
(d) All of the above.

6. What does nouvelle cuisine require?
(a) Decoration.
(b) Highly trained chefs.
(c) Rich sauces.
(d) Expensive ingredients.

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

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

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

10. What is the greatest aphrodisiac of all?
(a) Wine.
(b) Food.
(c) Smell.
(d) Love.

11. This last section is to be in tandem with what?
(a) The study of cooking.
(b) The mixing of medicinal rubs.
(c) The reading of this book.
(d) The study of aphrodisiacs.

12. What was established by the eighteenth century?
(a) A tea examination process.
(b) A tea makers' union.
(c) Tea time in England.
(d) An herbal tea.

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

14. What is high in vitamins B and C and has minerals that stimulate the sex hormones in humans?
(a) Honey.
(b) Wine.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Chocolate.

15. What cannot be cultivated?
(a) Boars.
(b) Dandelions.
(c) Truffles.
(d) Sunflowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pursues Colomba?

2. Where does Allende first see cheese being made?

3. What can love potions be created to treat?

4. Who does not pay attention to such details as the type, color, or fragrance of flowers as a form of communication.

5. How are both dry, strong-flavored cheeses and softer, milder one considered aphrodisiacs?

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