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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 does Shura receive a letter from in Chapter 24?

2. Who is leading the seminar in Chapter 18?

3. With whom does Alice walk to Golden Gate Park after taking peyote?

4. Where does Alice go to visit for the first time in Chapter 22?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Alice and Shura reveal to one another while under drugs in Chapter 22? What drug?

2. What is Shura's relationship to Dr. Andrew Walker Scott?

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

4. From whose point of view is Chapter 16 told? What does this character detail?

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

6. What drug does Shura synthesize in Chapter 9? How is this substance described?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the qualitative comments of Dante Sanderman and his experiences with 2C-T-7 in the novel. In what ways do he and his guests find enlightenment through the drug?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "nucleotides," and discuss how they function in the body. How do psychedelics affect this functioning? What is Shura's theory of nucleotides?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Alice in Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. How old is Alice when her character is first introduced? What are her character's principle objectives? What are her actions?

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