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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. According to Huxley, what causes negative visionary experiences?
(a) A negative outlook on life.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) The way that mescalin is broken down in the body.
(d) An allergy to mescalin.

2. What does the author wonder about the neurological patterns produced during visionary experiences at the end of Appendix 1?
(a) Why people are so fond of experiencing these patterns.
(b) How these patterns can be reproduced at the user's will.
(c) What happens to these patterns when the experience is over.
(d) How the experiencer's brain is affected by the experience.

3. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?
(a) Melatonin.
(b) Adrenochrome.
(c) Mescalin.
(d) Serotonin.

4. From whence does the author believe visionary experiences originate?
(a) From the user's imagination.
(b) From the user's memories.
(c) From the Mind-at-large.
(d) From the user's racial memory.

5. How was the drug typically used up until the 1950s?
(a) Recreationally.
(b) Recreationally, and in religious ceremonies.
(c) To sedate those with psychiatric problems.
(d) In religious ceremonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do utilitarians feel about art?

2. What substance is the author testing in the experiment?

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

4. According to the author, what is one example of the importance of colors and light to many cultures?

5. What is the main quality of the drug being tested?

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