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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. Who are the guests of Dante and his wife in Chapter 39?

2. One experimenter of the drug 2C-B describes colors of rose and what permeating the room?

3. Shura criticizes searches made by what statute?

4. Where does Shura give a lecture in Chapter 42?

5. What does Alice refer to the force which disturbs her during her spiritual crisis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event takes place in Chapter 34?

3. What is the effect of Alice taking DESOXY in Chapter 38?

4. How does Aleph-4 change in its effects between eight milligrams and seven?

5. Chapter 39 consists mostly of a report written by Dante Sandeman after taking the drug 2C-T-7. What takes place the night before?

6. Where does Shura go in Chapter 40? What drug does he take there and what effect does it have?

7. What happens on the trip in Chapter 40 to make Shura feel aged?

8. What is the lecture that Shura gives about in Chapter 42?

9. What is Ursula's reaction to the letter in Chapter 30?

10. What does Shura reveal to Alice in Chapter 32? What does he believe about Dolph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "nucleotides," and discuss how they function in the body. How do psychedelics affect this functioning? What is Shura's theory of nucleotides?

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

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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