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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 give a lecture in Chapter 42?

2. What is the dosage listed for Aleph-4 in The Chemical Story Part One?

3. What drug does the group experiment with on Shura's birthday?

4. In Chapter 38, Alice dreams of what vivid object?

5. Alice and Shura discover that Ursula gave birth about how long after last writing?

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 does Shura say of a mental fugue in Chapter 37?

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

5. What event takes place in Chapter 34?

6. What is the viewpoint of the DEA regarding Pihkal? Why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the drugs Aleph-1 and 2C-E. How are they similar in their chemistry? How do they differ? What are the differences in the qualitative comments of each?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the reactions of the characters in Book One under the influence of the drug 2C-B. What is the chemical makeup of this substance? Who originated it? When?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the terms "white mind," "Siberian wilderness" and "mental fugue" from the text. Which characters use these terms and how?

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