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

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

3. Shura's mother was from a small town in what state?

4. Who is leading the seminar in Chapter 18?

5. Who dies in the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the reactions of the characters in Book One under the influence of the drug 2C-B. What is the chemical makeup of this substance? Who originated it? When?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the drugs Aleph-1 and 2C-E. How are they similar in their chemistry? How do they differ? What are the differences in the qualitative comments of each?

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