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

2. What does the author wonder about the neurological patterns produced during visionary experiences at the end of Appendix 1?
(a) Why people are so fond of experiencing these patterns.
(b) What happens to these patterns when the experience is over.
(c) How the experiencer's brain is affected by the experience.
(d) How these patterns can be reproduced at the user's will.

3. According to the author, what are the odds of a negative reaction with the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) 1 in 70.
(b) 1 in 80.
(c) 1 in 25.
(d) 1 in 100.

4. What development contributed greatly, according to the author, to pageantry and theatrical spectacle?
(a) Widespread literacy.
(b) Artificial lighting.
(c) Mass production of clothing and jewelry.
(d) Photography.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A mental state similar to that of schizophrenia can be induced by administering what drug?

3. What researcher performed experiments with touching parts of the brain with a fine electrode?

4. What event was, according to the author, an example of ancient pageantry which was enriched and improved by technological advances?

5. What does the author say at the end of Appendix 3 about the past?

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