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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 do Japanese male prostitutes do in order to have a variety of sexual positions from which to choose?

2. What animal is rich in vitamins, minerals, and protein, low in fate, and has delicious flavor?

3. What does Allende speculate?

4. Why does Lola Montez invent the Tarantula?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of tea?

2. From where does the word "aphrodisiac" originate?

3. What is Allende's purpose in writing this book?

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

5. How are eggs known in all cultures?

6. How does Robert Shekter become the book's illustrator?

7. What is the cautionary tale Allende tells?

8. What are the best aphrodisiac vegetables?

9. What makes sex truly fulfilling?

10. Upon what do the sensual qualities of vegetables depend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Herbs were commonly used in love philters.

Part 1) How were they first used?

Part 2) Why were they grown in monasteries and convents?

Part 3) Why was a list of herbs blacklisted? By whom?

Essay Topic 2

Lola Montez is a celebrated courtesan.

Part 1) What does she invent? Why?

Part 2) What are the reactions of others?

Part 3) Why do women wear make-up, jewelry, silk and lace? What is the connection between these and Montez's invention?

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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