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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the spiritual guru at the conference Allende attends challenge the attendees to do?
(a) Eat no less than twenty grapes in one minute.
(b) Get to know someone else at the conference in one minute.
(c) Eat a grape in no less than twenty minutes.
(d) Try a new aphrodisiac.

2. What utensils do most cultures today use for eating?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Cups.
(d) Silverware.

3. Why does Tabra travel with Mahmoud?
(a) They were friends in college.
(b) He is her cousin.
(c) It is unsafe for women to travel alone.
(d) She is attracted to him.

4. How many women are found in a Turkish harem in 1909?
(a) More than 200.
(b) More than 20.
(c) More than 20,000.
(d) More than 2000.

5. What ocean creature does not belong in the same category as fish?
(a) Swordfish.
(b) Shark.
(c) Angelfish.
(d) Turtle.

6. What is the greatest drawback to eating shellfish?
(a) They are difficult to find.
(b) They often cause allergic reactions.
(c) They do not taste very good.
(d) They are very expensive.

7. What do Allende and Shekter brainstorm?
(a) Known aphrodisiacs.
(b) How to bring about world peace.
(c) Places to travel looking for aphrodisiacs.
(d) Vacations to take.

8. How long have there been kept men in various cultures?
(a) As far back as recorded history.
(b) Since the Middle Ages.
(c) Only a few centuries.
(d) Before the birth of Christianity.

9. Of what is wheat a symbol?
(a) Growth.
(b) Fraternity.
(c) The country.
(d) Fertility.

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

11. What does Allende highlight?
(a) Ingredients used in aphrodisiac recipes from around the world.
(b) Modern day aphrodisiacs.
(c) The foods used as aphrodisiacs around the world.
(d) The history of the research and study of aphrodisiacs around the world.

12. What are supposed to have the highest aphrodisiac value?
(a) Herbs and spices.
(b) Marine mollusks and crustaceans.
(c) Dolphins and whales.
(d) Love potions and perfume.

13. How does Allende feel about these practices?
(a) She does not appreciate them.
(b) She will change her eating habits from this experience.
(c) She is excited to take part.
(d) She is intrigued by them.

14. What was initially used to preserve food in hot countries?
(a) Icehouses.
(b) Ice.
(c) Herbs and spices.
(d) Springhouses.

15. What attracts Allende to her husband?
(a) His incredible skill in the kitchen.
(b) His incredible skill in the bedroom.
(c) His incredible work ethic.
(d) His physical appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tabra travel in search of?

2. What does she write for this person?

3. Why does Allende's stepson make adjustments on the bread machine?

4. What happened when Allende began making bread regularly?

5. To whom is Anais Nin writing a letter?

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