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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Catherine the Great known for suppressing?

2. What is the purpose of excess consumption of both food and sex?

3. Who does Catherine the Great marry?

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

5. What happened to Bobbitt's porn career after his penis was reattached?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does this chapter consist?

2. Why does Allende question the aphrodisiac qualities of coffee?

3. What is the history of tea?

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

5. How is something considered an aphrodisiac?

6. What types of recipes can be found?

7. What is the cautionary tale Allende tells?

8. What is Lot's story?

9. Of what does the second part of this chapter consist?

10. Describe the sense of taste.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allende travels to the Amazon jungle.

Part 1) What does the jungle mean to its inhabitants?

Part 2) What are two activities in which she partakes with the natives?

Part 3) How does Allende How does Allende describe the food she eats in the jungle?

Essay Topic 2

Certain birds have aphrodisiac qualities.

Part 1) What type of birds have aphrodisiac qualities?

Part 2) Why do some birds not have aphrodisiac qualities? What type of birds are these?

Part 3) What does Allende note about doves?

Essay Topic 3

Allende names one aphrodisiac as the most powerful of all aphrodisiacs.

Part 1) What is it?

Part 2) Why is it the most powerful?

Part 3) How do all other aphrodisiacs rely on this one aphrodisiac?

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