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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. About how many people arrive at Alice's party in Chapter 19?

2. What was Shura given for a bone infection in his thumb in WWII?

3. Who lived with Alice in a housing project when she was poverty-ridden?

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

5. Where does Dolph live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What news does Shura receive from Ursula in Chapter 24? What does he tell Alice?

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Alice meet in Chapter 23? What does Shura announce?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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