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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. Where does Shura go with Alice and her family for dinner in Chapter 41?
2. Alice claims that the drug in Chapter 38 shut down what element of her personality?
3. Shura attests in Chapter 42 that what are completely unjustifiable unless there is an indication a crime has been committed?
4. With whom does Shura go on a hike while on his retreat?
5. What does Shura refer to as the state of uncaring, anhedonia, and of emotionlessness?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Shura reveal to Alice in Chapter 32? What does he believe about Dolph?
2. What happens on the trip in Chapter 40 to make Shura feel aged?
3. What celebration takes place in Chapter 36? What drug is suggested?
4. What does Alice imagine herself as under the influence of DESOXY?
5. Where does Shura go in Chapter 40? What drug does he take there and what effect does it have?
6. What letter does Shura receive in Chapter 29? How does he feel about it?
7. What is Shura's take of Aleph-7 in The Chemical Story Part One?
8. What event takes place in Chapter 34?
9. What is Shura's reaction to Aleph, in The Chemical Story Part One?
10. What does Shura write of his earliest experiences with 2C-B in The Chemical Story Part One?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 the role that family has to each of the main characters in the novel. How do the characters' relationships with their families impact their relationships with one another?
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