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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people sometimes leave flowers as a religious offering, according to the author?
(a) Because they feel, on some level, that they are giving back something which is indigenous to Heaven.
(b) Because they don't have anything precious to give, but flowers are always available.
(c) Because they are a living sacrifice but not associated with feelings of guilt and shame the way other sacrifices are.
(d) Because they don't really understand the significance of doing so.

2. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?
(a) Melatonin.
(b) Serotonin.
(c) Mescalin.
(d) Adrenochrome.

3. How does mescalin affect the user's brain function?
(a) It blocks the brain's ability to filter sensory input.
(b) It affects the brain's enzymes and absorption of glucose.
(c) It affects the user's ability to react appropriately to potentially dangerous situations.
(d) It makes users unable to recognize or remember familiar people, places and objects.

4. What two techniques, according to the author, can produce effects similar to those of mescalin?
(a) Fasting and meditation.
(b) Hypnosis and fasting.
(c) Meditation and sensory deprivation.
(d) Fasting and sensory deprivation.

5. According to the author, what is the most important effect of the first technique mentioned in Appendix 1?
(a) The rarity of negative side effects in users.
(b) The cheapness and availability of the substance used.
(c) A marked increase in the subject's ability to see things with their eyes closed.
(d) Subjects perceiving that they are able to communicate with a higher power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the first technique in Appendix 1 even less understood than mescalin use?

2. According to the author, what is one example of the importance of colors and light to many cultures?

3. Which of these is NOT a vision which the author thinks might be produced by prodding the brain with an electrode?

4. The substance being tested has been used by Native Americans of what region for hundreds of years?

5. What is known about the substance being tested as of the year the experiment is performed?

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