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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the last two pages list?
(a) Expensive liquors.
(b) Liquors with strong reputations as aphrodisiacs.
(c) The most exotic liquors.
(d) The best liquors.

2. What does this chapter list?
(a) Vegetables that are considered aphrodisiac.
(b) Vegetables that are not considered aphrodisiac.
(c) Fruits that are not aphordisiac.
(d) Fruits that are aphrodisiac.

3. What does Catherine the Great have the presence of mind to do?
(a) Have her husband eliminated.
(b) Divorce her husband.
(c) To have her children educated.
(d) Marry her children into wealthy families.

4. Why does the author include this section?
(a) Her mother is an amazing cook.
(b) She wants the readers to learn more about cooking and aphrodisiacs.
(c) The author loves food.
(d) All of the above.

5. What are there more of than there are countries in the world?
(a) Cheese processing plants.
(b) Cows.
(c) Flavors and consistencies in cheese.
(d) Dairy farms.

6. What mushrooms are rare, prized, and very expensive?
(a) Maitake.
(b) Shitake.
(c) White Beech.
(d) Truffles.

7. What does Allende call her emergency recipe for this special mushroom soup?
(a) Yummy Truffle Soup.
(b) I'm Sorry Soup.
(c) Reconciliation Soup.
(d) I Love You Soup.

8. Why does Allende take dirt from Chile to her new home?
(a) To put on the ground in her new home.
(b) To try to grow forget-me-knots.
(c) To put in a time capsul in her new home.
(d) To keep in a bag to remember home.

9. What is a side effect of wine?
(a) Temporary impotence.
(b) More advanced vocabulary.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Clear vision.

10. What do forget-me-knots symbolize to Allende?
(a) Her first day back in her homeland.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her sixteenth birthday.
(d) Her exile from her homeland.

11. Who developed the technique of distillation?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Africans.
(d) Asians.

12. What does this final section contain?
(a) Lists of aphrodisiacs.
(b) Medicinal uses of alcohol.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Herbal remedies.

13. What are the forbidden fruits Allende is talking about?
(a) Papaya.
(b) Apples.
(c) Star fruit.
(d) Oral sex.

14. How does he convince her to remove her clothing?
(a) So he may spray insect repellant on her.
(b) It is hot outside, and she should go swimming.
(c) He removes his clothing.
(d) She walked into poison ivy.

15. Who does not pay attention to such details as the type, color, or fragrance of flowers as a form of communication.
(a) The modern-day Western world.
(b) The Medieval world.
(c) The Native Americans.
(d) Ancient Asian world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What misconceptions are there regarding wine?

2. How does Allende begin the chapter?

3. What was probably just a rumor about Catherine the Great?

4. Who is a vegetarian that is mentioned?

5. What are some common favorites on the list?

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