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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Searching for Soma: The Golden Vedic Enigma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does science fail to do?
(a) Nurture the soul.
(b) Lift the human spirit.
(c) Educate the mind.
(d) All of these.

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

3. What unpleasant plants are also used by shamans?
(a) Daturas.
(b) Virola based snuffs.
(c) Brugmansias.
(d) All of these.

4. What substances did the author use?
(a) Ayahuasca.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Psilocybin mushrooms.
(d) Both of these.

5. What is the supreme goal of the shaman?
(a) To convey religious intent to a population.
(b) To abandon his body.
(c) To heal the individual.
(d) To guide the people spiritually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddess did the Paleolithic cult worship?

2. Where does Terence McKenna believe Eden was?

3. Where might this form of civilization began?

4. What religion in Africa is hallucinogenic plant based?

5. What tree did the woman eat from?

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