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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. Shura concludes that every person is sovereign over their own bodies provided they ______.

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

3. Shura turns how old in Chapter 36?

4. Shura criticizes searches made by what statute?

5. What drug does Dante detail experimenting with in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What letter does Shura receive in Chapter 29? How does he feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the substances 2C-B and DOM. What experiences do the characters have with each of these? What are their chemical makeup, dosage, and duration?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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