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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two primary uses of the science of "pyrotechny," according to the author?
(a) Religious ceremony and weaponry.
(b) Stage lighting and religious ceremony.
(c) Weaponry and fireworks.
(d) Fireworks and stage lighting.

2. What does the author specifically state in Appendix 6 does NOT open the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo?
(a) Death.
(b) Spiritual enlightenment.
(c) "Massy keys of metals twain."
(d) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.

3. Which of these is NOT a vision which the author thinks might be produced by prodding the brain with an electrode?
(a) Weir Mitchell's visions of the Gothic tower.
(b) Nostradamus's visions of the future.
(c) Blake's visions of the Cherubim.
(d) The author's friend's vision of a colorful Japanese landscape.

4. What happens when mescalin or LSD is used in conjunction with the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) The user is more prone to nausea, vomiting or seizure.
(b) Any negative effects being experienced by the user will disappear.
(c) The effects of the drugs immediately wear off.
(d) The effects of the drugs are intensified and enriched.

5. In theological terms, the progress the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6 is a transition from what to what?
(a) From Hades to Heaven.
(b) From Heaven to Hades.
(c) From Hades to Purgatory.
(d) From Purgatory to Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did fireworks re-enter the world of popular entertainment, according to the author?

2. The author states in Appendix 3 that the cinematographic art of the distorted documentary seems to presage the end of what?

3. What does the world inhabited by schizophrenics and other psychotics resemble, according to the author?

4. Which is NOT one of the "visionary arts" that the author mentions at the beginning of Appendix 3?

5. Which is NOT a type of progress the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6?

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