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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. What do Japanese male prostitutes do in order to have a variety of sexual positions from which to choose?
(a) They take erotic classes.
(b) They have a list to give to clients from which to choose.
(c) They have a DVD to remind them.
(d) They memorize large portions of erotic manuals.

2. With what are all the important people in Allende's life associated?
(a) One type of food.
(b) Specific smell.
(c) Specific foods.
(d) Specific sounds.

3. What details does Allende include about meat?
(a) How each meat is processed and prepared.
(b) Where the various animals originated.
(c) What it looks and tastes like.
(d) What her most and least favorites are.

4. What does the author Isabel Allende discuss in the introduction?
(a) The powers of nature.
(b) The connections between people, sensory perception, and memory.
(c) Her various trips around the world.
(d) That men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

5. What does the order of dishes during a meal affect?
(a) How each is appreciated.
(b) How much the dishes will have to be washed.
(c) How large to make the portion sizes.
(d) If the guests will need dessert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a very close second best aphrodisiac?

2. What happens after the woman in the story is stolen by pirates?

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

4. What does Mahmoud whisper in Tabra's ear?

5. How does Allende feel about meat being an aphrodisiac?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the professor and Colomba find, when they return to the picnic spot?

2. What is a fugu?

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

4. What makes sex truly fulfilling?

5. What does the final section of the book contain?

6. Of what does this chapter consist?

7. How does Catherine the Great become a ruler?

8. What is the greatest aphrodisiac?

9. When does Allende first see cheese being made?

10. What does Allende write for each fruit listed?

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