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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say La Tour paints, at the end of Appendix 4?
(a) Cautionary tales.
(b) Visionary experiences.
(c) Divine retribution.
(d) God's immanence.

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

4. Which of these is NOT a specialist who the author feels should be consulted by an aspiring mystic?
(a) Pharmacologist.
(b) Ornithologist.
(c) Biochemist.
(d) Psychologist.

5. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Thicket"?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Manet.
(d) Monet.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, why do religious devotees participate in practices to atone for their sins?

2. What poet does the author quote in Appendix 5?

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

4. According to the author, which form of art is most practically useful?

5. Who is the first painter mentioned in Appendix IV?

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