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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. In Chapter 14, Shura describes the difference between an act and a what?

2. What does Alice drink with the peyote she takes the first time?

3. What museum does Alice go to after taking peyote?

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

5. Who dies in the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What drug experience does Alice share with Sam in Chapter 17?

6. What synthesis does Shura attempt in Chapter 5? What delays this work?

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

8. Describe Shura's family and friendships in his childhood.

9. What does Alice remark of Shura's farm in Chapter 22?

10. Describe Alice and Shura's experience with DOM in Chapter 25.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the protagonist of Book One of Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. What are Shura's main characteristics? What obstacles and conflicts does he face in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the characters of Ursula and Dolph in Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. Where do they live? How do they know the protagonist? What role do they play in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the drug MDMA. When was the author introduced to the substance? Where did it originate? What is its legal status?

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