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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Allende feel about these practices?
(a) She does not appreciate them.
(b) She is intrigued by them.
(c) She is excited to take part.
(d) She will change her eating habits from this experience.

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

3. What are supposed to have the highest aphrodisiac value?
(a) Love potions and perfume.
(b) Marine mollusks and crustaceans.
(c) Dolphins and whales.
(d) Herbs and spices.

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

5. How does Allende define an aphrodisiac?
(a) Any substance or activity that piques amorous desire.
(b) Any natural ingredient that piques amorous desire.
(c) Any substance that piques amorous desire.
(d) Any smell that piques amorous desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the chapter close?

2. What are unclassifiables?

3. What is a practice Allende has personally witnessed?

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

5. What do beluga, ossetra, and sevruga have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do domestic birds not have aphrodisiac qualities?

2. Where does Mahmoud take Tabra?

3. What is Allende's opinion of nouvelle cuisine?

4. What is the jungle to its inhabitants?

5. What is the last section of the chapter?

6. How are eggs known in all cultures?

7. How does Catherine the Great become a ruler?

8. Describe Spanish Fly.

9. What is Allende's connection with forget-me-nots?

10. What is the significance of appetite and sex?

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