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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. What is the drug MDMA more commonly known as today?

2. Shura tells Alice that who is coming to visit him in Chapter 20?

3. Where does the protagonist go for a conference in Chapter 15?

4. Where does Shura meet Peter Mille?

5. What is the name of the protagonist's first wife in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Shura's education plans following high school? How did they turn out?

3. What drug is Shura manufacturing in Chapter 6? How?

4. When Alice and Sam leave her apartment in Chapter 17, where do they go?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Book One of Pihkal. Where is the rising action, climax, and denouement? Define these terms in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship of Alexander Shulgin with the DEA. What is the DEA's position on Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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