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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 substance does Adelph-1 contain?

2. Shura claims his first wife withdrew into her what?

3. What drug does a woman claim helps her overcome her guilt for euthanizing her mother?

4. Where does the protagonist live with his family following the death of his first mother?

5. In what month does Alice's party take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Alice write about in Chapter 21 of her sons?

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 terms "transcendence of thought," "stoned," and "turned-on." How do these and other words differ from one another? What is the importance of the glossary in Pihkal?

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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