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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference between the two techniques the author describes in Appendix 1?
(a) One involves chemicals, while the other makes use of physics.
(b) One is costly, while the other is inexpensive.
(c) One is well-researched, while the other is relatively unknown.
(d) One is completely non-toxic, while the other has some lasting side effects.

2. What is the Dharma-body?
(a) Truth, mind, and nature.
(b) Truth, joy and enlightenment.
(c) Body, mind and spirit.
(d) Freedom from suffering, enlightenment and transcendence.

3. What is the name of the plant in which the substance being tested is found?
(a) Coca.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Wormwood.

4. Why are religious beings often portrayed doing nothing?
(a) Because it would be sacreligious to presume to know what divine beings do with their time.
(b) Because their role is not an active one.
(c) Because human beings are not predisposed to look for action in art.
(d) Because it is too difficult for most painters to make something beautiful and to also convey a message with it.

5. To what field of science does the author compare the human mind at the beginning of "Heaven and Hell"?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Etymology.
(c) Ornithology.
(d) Zoology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does mescalin affect the user's brain function?

3. From whence does the author believe visionary experiences originate?

4. The substance being tested has been used by Native Americans of what region for hundreds of years?

5. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?

(see the answer key)

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