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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plant and Primates: Postcards from the Stoned Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must the plant that may have contributed to the emergence of consciousness be in Africa?
(a) Africa is the most grassy of the continents so must be where mushrooms grew.
(b) Africa is the warmest of all the continents so must be where humanity began.
(c) The evidence is overwhelming that Africa is where humanity began.
(d) Africa is a nice place to live, so it must be where the early humans were from.

2. The author originally believed that magic was a phenomenon of the...?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Naive,
(c) Both of these.
(d) Primitive.

3. What cognitive ability are humans not known for?
(a) Sport.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Dance.

4. What plant is considered not only a hallucinogen, but also an aphrodisiac?
(a) Peganum harmala.
(b) Iboga.
(c) Stropharia cubensis.
(d) Bwiti.

5. What is shamanism?
(a) All of these.
(b) Divination.
(c) Theatrical performance.
(d) Healing.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Shamanic ecstasy is is an act of _______..."?

2. What does science fail to do?

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

4. Why is a grass containing DMT an unlikely source of material to boost the human consciousness?

5. In what pharmacological areas has LSD aided humanity?

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