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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. In what year was the character Shura born?

3. Who offers Shura a job in Chapter 7?

4. Where is the spiritual teacher from who Alice meets with in Chapter 18?

5. What is Alice's oldest son's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Shura's conclusions of MDMA in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of love, sexuality, and relationships in the novel. How do the three principle characters of the love triangle influence each other's actions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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