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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is the protagonist having an affair in Chapter 15?
(a) Alice.
(b) Helen.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Michelle.

2. Who does Shura receive a letter from in Chapter 24?
(a) Helen.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Theo.
(d) Ursula.

3. Who accidentally ingests LSD in Chapter 3?
(a) Roger.
(b) Bert.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Alice.

4. On what day does Alice go to visit Shura in Chapter 23?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

5. What drug is sampled by the group in Chapter 23?
(a) LSD.
(b) 2C-B.
(c) MDMA.
(d) Aleph-2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice speak privately with about Shura at her first group meeting?

2. Who does Alice ask for peyote from, following her near-death experience?

3. Who is Alice's ex-husband that Shura meets at her party?

4. In Chapter 6, Shura details manufacturing the drug ____ by combining an ammonia molecule to a substance called myristicin, which is found in oil of nutmeg.

5. Chapter 4 concerns Shura's experiments with what drug?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Alice speak of Shura with in Chapter 23? What does she learn?

2. What did Shura do upon earning his degree in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Shura travel following his wife's death? What drug experience does he encounter there?

4. What is the second occasion where Alice and Shura meet?

5. Describe Alice's actions at the Valentine's Day party in Chapter 19.

6. What leads up to Alice's near-death experience in Chapter 17?

7. What drug do Alice and Shura take in Chapter 26? What conversation does this lead to between them?

8. Describe Shura's notes following his experiment with Aleph-1 in Chapter 14.

9. What news does Shura receive from Ursula in Chapter 24? What does he tell Alice?

10. What exposition does Shura reveal following his wife's death?

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