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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 dosage listed for Aleph-2 in The Chemical Story Part One?

2. Ursula describes a trip where, in her letter to Shura in Chapter 29?

3. After breaking up, Shura suggests that Alice become friends with whom?

4. To whom does Alice write a letter and give Shura the option of sending it?

5. What is the name of the cathedral Alice and Shura visit on their honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What celebration takes place in Chapter 36? What drug is suggested?

2. What is Shura's reaction to Aleph, in The Chemical Story Part One?

3. What event takes place in Chapter 34?

4. What does Shura tell Alice of nucleotides in Chapter 30?

5. What is Shura's take of Aleph-7 in The Chemical Story Part One?

6. What does Shura write of his earliest experiences with 2C-B in The Chemical Story Part One?

7. What drug do Shura and Alice take in Chapter 35? What effect does it have?

8. What does Alice imagine herself as under the influence of DESOXY?

9. How do the views of the group change in Chapter 39 regarding God?

10. What does Shura say of urine tests and propaganda in Chapter 42?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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