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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alcohol and the Alchemy of Spirit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?
(a) When patriarchy became dominant.
(b) When the rise of Christianity ensued.
(c) All of these.
(d) When the Indo-Europeans stopped migrating.

2. How had the natural world come to be seen by the late Roman times?
(a) As demonic and an imprisoning shell.
(b) None of these.
(c) As a friend and confidant.
(d) As a comfort and an equal.

3. What intoxicant was imbibed by the tribes of Siberia?
(a) Amanita lanei
(b) Amanita muscaria.
(c) Amanita bisporigera.
(d) Amanita phalloids.

4. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?
(a) Anthropologists and Psychologists.
(b) Neurologists and Anthropologists.
(c) Psychologists and Neurologists.
(d) Neurologists and Sociologists.

5. What is interesting to note about the Soma deity?
(a) It is male and lunar.
(b) None of these.
(c) It is asexual.
(d) It is lunar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?

2. What unpleasant plants are also used by shamans?

3. What is interesting to note about Soma?

4. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?

5. What kind of substance is honey?

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