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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 researcher performed experiments with touching parts of the brain with a fine electrode?
(a) Penfield.
(b) Maradon.
(c) Jaung.
(d) Kreitz.

2. What chemical change does the author mention at the end of Appendix 6?
(a) Replacing adrenolutin with mescalin and lysergic acid.
(b) Replacing mescalin and lysergic acid with adrenolutin.
(c) Replacing lysergic acid with adrenolutin and mescalin.
(d) Replacing mescalin with adrenolutin and lysergic acid.

3. According to the author in Appendix 6, what opens the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo for the living?
(a) Death.
(b) "Massy keys of metals twain."
(c) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.
(d) Spiritual enlightenment.

4. According to the author, what is theatrical spectacle?
(a) A means by which those without access to high culture can enjoy pageantry.
(b) Pageantry without religious or political overtones.
(c) A transporting and enlightening form of pageantry.
(d) A way of communicating morals and values to lower-class citizens.

5. How did "pyrotechny" begin in Europe, according to the author?
(a) Weaponry for sieges and naval battles.
(b) A pursuit of ever-greater displays for leisure and religion.
(c) A source of propulsion for machinery and engines.
(d) Alchemists' pursuit of a substance that would transform base metals into gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What results were produced when a researcher prodded parts of the brain with a fine electrode?

2. What development contributed greatly, according to the author, to pageantry and theatrical spectacle?

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

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

5. What group of mentally-ill people does the author write about in Appendix 6?

(see the answer key)

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