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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Opium and Tobacco.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the difference between the tobacco of the Classical Maya and that of which was distributed in Europe?
(a) It induced a state of ecstasy.
(b) It was far more addictive.
(c) It was hallucinogenic.
(d) It was euphoric.

2. What was made by Raymond Lully?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

3. What is the soul of poetic verse?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Truth.
(c) Love.
(d) Commitment.

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

5. In what year was a full years worth of opium sent up in smoke in China?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Greek wines?

2. Who's crusade against marijuana created a public hysteria?

3. What supports the theory that the Eleusinian drink was ergotized beer?

4. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?

5. What intoxicant was imbibed by the tribes of Siberia?

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