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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the Caribbean climate?

2. What is the purpose of the last section?

3. What does Catherine the Great have the presence of mind to do?

4. What does this list contain?

5. Why does the author include this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Humanity typically puts importance on male sex organs.

Part 1) What happens to John Wayne Bobbitt?

Part 2) How do others react to this event?

Part 3) Why do people in some cultures eat sheep genitals?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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