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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. Who is George's wife?

2. What is Shura doing the morning after Alice's party?

3. Shura's work in Chapter 5 is interrupted by the death of whom?

4. When is Alice invited to meet with the spiritual teacher, where she meets Shura?

5. Who is Christopher's stepmother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are some of the bad traits Alice describes of herself and Shura in Chapter 28?

4. How does Shura feel about Ursula upon his meeting Alice the second time?

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

6. What does Shura reveal to Alice about Ursula in Chapter 20? What is her response?

7. What drug does Shura focus on in Chapter 4? What are his observations of the drug?

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

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

10. What are Shura's conclusions of MDMA in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the style of Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. What genre is the book? How does it differ from traditional novels?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss psilocybin and mescaline. How do these organic drugs differ from the syntheses created by the author? Describe the conversation between Alice and Shura regarding nature versus synthesis.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the substances 2C-B and DOM. What experiences do the characters have with each of these? What are their chemical makeup, dosage, and duration?

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