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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 does the author say at the end of Appendix 3 about the past?
(a) It has nothing to teach us, because it will repeat itself regardless.
(b) It can never be changed.
(c) It is not fixed and unalterable.
(d) It must be learned from, or it will be repeated.

2. Why is the first technique in Appendix 1 even less understood than mescalin use?
(a) No research has been performed to determine its long-term effects.
(b) Its specific effects on the brain are not well understood.
(c) There's a lot of variation in what people see while using this technique.
(d) It is used by very few people in comparison to mescalin.

3. Which of these is NOT something with which schizophrenics have lost touch, according to the author?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Fellow beings.
(c) Language.
(d) Matter.

4. What event was, according to the author, an example of ancient pageantry which was enriched and improved by technological advances?
(a) The first motion picture.
(b) The inauguration of the first President, George Washington.
(c) The first performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in a theater equipped with modern technology.
(d) The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

5. What does the world inhabited by schizophrenics and other psychotics resemble, according to the author?
(a) A psychedelic fugue.
(b) A sane person's nervous breakdown.
(c) The spirits seen by a psychic.
(d) The world of the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author wonder about the neurological patterns produced during visionary experiences at the end of Appendix 1?

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

3. The author compares schizophrenics to which of Sheol's beings?

4. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?

5. Artificial lighting gave, according to the author, a new visionary quality to what form of ancient art?

(see the answer key)

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