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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year does the experiment take place?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1978.
2. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?
(a) It shows the power that art has over the human mind.
(b) It offers another way for people to achieve the same results that they would get with drugs.
(c) It gets psychiatrists another step closer to understanding how hypnotism works.
(d) It demonstrates the suggestibility of humans.
3. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?
(a) The occasional heartfelt words of a loved one.
(b) Their own screams.
(c) The gibbering of ghosts.
(d) Divine intervention.
4. What development contributed greatly, according to the author, to pageantry and theatrical spectacle?
(a) Photography.
(b) Widespread literacy.
(c) Artificial lighting.
(d) Mass production of clothing and jewelry.
5. Which physiological system's tissues are more "vulnerable," according to the author, than the others?
(a) The limbic system.
(b) The nervous system.
(c) The cardiovascular system.
(d) The gastrointestinal system.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author, at the end of Appendix 1 what is one claim that is made almost universally by visionaries?
2. What is the difference between the two techniques the author describes in Appendix 1?
3. What was the subject of the poem the author quotes in Appendix 5?
4. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?
5. How does the author respond when the researcher asks him if his experience with the drug is positive or negative?
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