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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results were produced when a researcher prodded parts of the brain with a fine electrode?
(a) The subjects recalled detailed and distant memories.
(b) The subjects experienced a variety of emotions.
(c) Various parts of the subjects' bodies twitched.
(d) The subjects were able to learn new languages and skills more efficiently.

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

3. What was a magic lantern show?
(a) The nineteenth-century equivalent of a movie.
(b) A projection created with cut-glass and candlelight.
(c) An early fireworks display.
(d) A laser light display.

4. What chemicals were released into the bloodstream during the act of self-flagellation?
(a) Serotonin and adrenalin.
(b) Adrenalin and histamines.
(c) Histamines and endorphins.
(d) Endorphins and serotonin.

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

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. What does the author say about vision-inducing devices and effects at the beginning of Appendix 3?

3. What two techniques, according to the author, can produce effects similar to those of mescalin?

4. What affects one's ability to have visionary experiences, according to the author, if one is using the first method mentioned in Appendix 1?

5. The "new Art of Versailles" was deliberately cultivated, according to the author, during the reign of which king?

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