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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forbidden Fruits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What triggers a woman's sexual impulses?
(a) Sight.
(b) Sound and imagination.
(c) Touch and texture.
(d) Taste.

2. What are listed as fruits but are not traditionally classified as fruits in American culture?
(a) Summer squash and almonds.
(b) Tomatoes and Zucchini.
(c) Olives and walnuts.
(d) Avocados and pistachios.

3. What are some common favorites on the list?
(a) Apples and grapes.
(b) Strawberry pie and raspberry gelatin.
(c) Apple tart and lemon merengue pie.
(d) Kiwi and mango.

4. What list does Allende give?
(a) Recipes calling for various fruits.
(b) All the fruits that are considered aphrodisiac in nature.
(c) The most exotic and unknown fruits.
(d) The most strange fruits.

5. Why does the lady come up with a plan to kill her lover?
(a) He is annoying.
(b) She is tired of his cheating.
(c) He will not leave her in peace.
(d) She no longer loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the herbs blacklisted by the convent?

2. What does Allende speculate?

3. What are supposed to have the highest aphrodisiac value?

4. What is a lesser-known fruit she names?

5. What has Christianity taught about the senses and appetites?

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