Two folders. One is 7 multiple choice questions, another is 16QA questions. Related to the book Taste of Paradise.
tastes_of_paradise_tobacco_q.docx
tastes_of_paradise_opium_q.docx
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Tastes of Paradise: Tobacco
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What was most unusual about the consumption of tobacco to Europeans?
That it came from a poisonous plant
That it was not native to Europe
That it was smoked
That it was only consumed by women
That it was only consumed during certain times of the year
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Smoking complemented what other activity for the “mental laborer”?
Drinking alcohol
Riding horses
Taking long walks
Drinking coffee
Gardening
3) Discuss the evolution of smoking from pipe, to cigar, to cigarette.
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What was considered the most “feminine” way to consume tobacco?
Snuff
Cigarette
Cigar
Pipe
Chewing tobacco
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The author sees increased tobacco consumption as a way to combat increased:
Nervousness
Violence
Apathy
Exhaustion
Conformity
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For what group was snuff consumption especially significant in the 18th century?
Rich women
Working class men
Working class women
Rich men
Nobody, this activity was never popular
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Consuming snuff (and smoking to a lesser extent) impacts which sense the most?
Touch
Vision
Hearing
Taste
Smell
Tastes of Paradise: Opium and Drugs
1) What drug is “firmly anchored” in western culture?
2) What intoxicants are seen as poisons by western society?
3) How were these substances seen until the end of the 19th century?
4) How did most opium addicts of the 19th century become initiated with this drug?
5) Who used most of the opium in European society? Why was this the case?
6) Why was the use of opium and hashish by artists and writers perceived as threatening and destructive?
7) For what 2 reasons did opium and hashish lose their identity as household remedies?
8) How did morphine use reach the general population?
9) From where did the impetus for modern drug legislation come?
10) What happened to the equitable trade between China and England?
11) What happened to the sociopolitical life of China in the early to mid-19th century?
12) Why did the opium trade “kill two birds with one stone” for European colonists?
13) What was so hypocritical about the statements made by the East India Company in relation to opium?
14) What does the author argue will happen to currently illicit drugs? What other substances have gone through this
same process?
15) How is this shift reflected in our current terminology when referring to said drugs?
16) Do you agree with the author’s prediction for the fate of illicit drugs? Why or why not?
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