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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 the drug 2C-B?

2. What is the listed dosage for the drug ASB in The Chemical Story Part One?

3. Aleph-7 has a dosage of how many milligrams listed in The Chemical Story Part One?

4. What is the last name of Dante?

5. What drug does Shura take on his hike in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do Alice and Shura go in Chapter 35? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the emotional risk and emotional connection experienced by the characters during their explorations with phenethylamines. How do they justify the risks? Would you?

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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