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

2. Who has not arrived as expected in Chapter 32?

3. What retreat does Shura go on in Chapter 40?

4. Where do Shura and Alice arrive first on their honeymoon?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shura say of a mental fugue in Chapter 37?

2. What event takes place in Chapter 34?

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

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

5. Who writes a letter to Ursula in Chapter 29? Why?

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

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 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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