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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 affects one's ability to have visionary experiences, according to the author, if one is using the first method mentioned in Appendix 1?
(a) The number of times a person has used.
(b) The person's disposition before use.
(c) The amount of substance that is allowed to reach the brain.
(d) The duration of use.

2. What are the first objects upon which the author intently focuses during the experiment?
(a) Some pens and pencils in a cup on his desk.
(b) The books on his shelves.
(c) Three flowers in a vase on the table.
(d) The table and chairs in the room.

3. What two techniques, according to the author, can produce effects similar to those of mescalin?
(a) Fasting and sensory deprivation.
(b) Meditation and sensory deprivation.
(c) Fasting and meditation.
(d) Hypnosis and fasting.

4. What is Heaven, according to the author?
(a) A fallacy, created by those who misinterpreted visionary experiences.
(b) A concept invented by humanity because of our desperate need for hope.
(c) A place of rest and repose, where no one is doing anything.
(d) A vantage point for viewing divinity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?

2. What is the name of the plant in which the substance being tested is found?

3. How does the author respond when the researcher asks him if his experience with the drug is positive or negative?

4. In what year does the experiment take place?

5. The substance produced by the breakdown of adrenaline mimics the effect of what psychological disorder?

(see the answer key)

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