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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. What spices are on this list?

2. What does Allende caution?

3. Of what is wheat a symbol?

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

5. What details does Allende include about meat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare a man and woman's senses of smell.

2. Describe Allende's friend's blind date.

3. Describe the professor's pursuit of Colomba.

4. What is Tantra?

5. What are the best aphrodisiac vegetables?

6. How are eggs known in all cultures?

7. What is the greatest aphrodisiac?

8. What is the history of tea?

9. What is the cautionary tale Allende tells?

10. What does Allende once plan for a beau? What was the outcome?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Taste is almost as difficult to define as the sense of smell.

Part 1) What are the kinds of tastes?

Part 2) How does Allende remember the details of eating a grape? What does she remember about the grape?

Part 3) To what does Allende liken the courses of a meal?

Essay Topic 2

Aromas are important to human attraction and repulsion.

Part 1) How does Cleopatra use fragrances?

Part 2) What is the difference between a man and a woman's sense of smell?

Part 3) How are the senses of smell and taste connected?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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