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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. How many kinds of tastes are there?

2. Why does Lola Montez invent the Tarantula?

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

4. What has Christianity taught about the senses and appetites?

5. Who does Catherine the Great marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Of what does this chapter consist?

3. Why do domestic birds not have aphrodisiac qualities?

4. What are unclassifiables?

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

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

7. What is Tantra?

8. How does Allende feel about making bread?

9. How are eggs known in all cultures?

10. What is the origin of forks, knives, and spoons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Panchita gives a recipe for Curanto en Olla.

Part 1) What is a curanto?

Part 2) How do the natives on Easter Island prepare curanto?

Part 3) How does Allende describe curanto?

Essay Topic 3

Three people collaborated with Allende on this book.

Part 1) Who are these three people?

Part 2) What is the relationship between the author and these people?

Part 3) What input do these people have in the book?

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