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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. How old is Shura in Chapter 40?

2. When does Ursula tell Shura she will be arriving in Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 41, Shura details his experiences with what drug?

4. What does Shura refer to as the state of uncaring, anhedonia, and of emotionlessness?

5. What drug do Alice and Shura take in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What celebration takes place in Chapter 36? What drug is suggested?

2. What drug do Shura and Alice take in Chapter 35? What effect does it have?

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

4. How do the visual effects change per dosage of Aleph-2?

5. What is the effect of Alice taking DESOXY in Chapter 38?

6. What does Shura say of a mental fugue in Chapter 37?

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

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

9. What does Shura write of his earliest experiences with 2C-B in The Chemical Story Part One?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the terms "transcendence of thought," "stoned," and "turned-on." How do these and other words differ from one another? What is the importance of the glossary in Pihkal?

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