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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. What results were produced when a researcher prodded parts of the brain with a fine electrode?
(a) Various parts of the subjects' bodies twitched.
(b) The subjects were able to learn new languages and skills more efficiently.
(c) The subjects recalled detailed and distant memories.
(d) The subjects experienced a variety of emotions.

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

3. What is the potential danger of the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) It may cause an epileptic seizure.
(b) It may create an unpleasant sensation of nausea or vertigo.
(c) It may last longer than the user originally intended.
(d) It may produce long-term changes in brain function.

4. What is the main quality of the drug being tested?
(a) Stimulant.
(b) Hallucinogenic.
(c) Sedative.
(d) Psychedelic.

5. According to the author, what did one subject see while under the effects of mescalin and the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) A vision of Heaven.
(b) A vision of Hell.
(c) A phoenix of undulating rainbow colors.
(d) A Japanese landscape.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the experiment take place?

2. What is the difference between the two techniques the author describes in Appendix 1?

3. What is the second technique, described by the author in Appendix 1, for inducing a visionary state?

4. How do utilitarians feel about art?

5. What affects one's ability to have visionary experiences, according to the author, if one is using the first method mentioned in Appendix 1?

(see the answer key)

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