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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ballad of the Dreaming Weavers: Cannabis and Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What main point(s) are offered against the fly agaric mushroom?
(a) The experience is unpleasant in nature.
(b) It doesn't provide reliable ecstatic experiences.
(c) The incorporation of cattle in the ritual makes no sense.
(d) All of these.

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

4. What does this form of civilization bring with it?
(a) Trade.
(b) Overproduction.
(c) Hoarding.
(d) All of these.

5. What often went hand in hand with alcohol?
(a) Anger.
(b) Violence.
(c) All of these.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect(s) does ergotized grain have on the body?

2. What is the main problem with this theory?

3. What artistic style does a painting from Inaouanrhat in the Tassili resemble?

4. What monstrous force(s) were born into modern times at the expense of a relationship with the natural world?

5. What is the notion of illegal plants?

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