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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. Where did Shura grow up?

2. How long does the trance described by Alice in Chapter 16 last?

3. What is David's last name?

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

5. What is Shura doing the morning after Alice's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of Pihkal, A Chemical Love Story. How does this setting inform the actions and events in the novel? How does the setting change in the course of the text?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss psilocybin and mescaline. How do these organic drugs differ from the syntheses created by the author? Describe the conversation between Alice and Shura regarding nature versus synthesis.

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