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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. What is known about the substance being tested as of the year the experiment is performed?
(a) It alters one's mental state, but often induces anxiety or panic.
(b) It is only safe to use in small doses.
(c) It can have serious or even fatal side effects, but only in a very small percentage of people who use it.
(d) It can alter the subject's mental state without any noticeable side effects.

2. What is the potential danger of the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) It may produce long-term changes in brain function.
(b) It may create an unpleasant sensation of nausea or vertigo.
(c) It may cause an epileptic seizure.
(d) It may last longer than the user originally intended.

3. According to the author in Appendix 6, what opens the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo for the living?
(a) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.
(b) Spiritual enlightenment.
(c) Death.
(d) "Massy keys of metals twain."

4. According to the author, in Appendix 2 what was the result of our ancestors' winter diets?
(a) They often had cravings for foods that weren't available to them, which made them irritable.
(b) They lost a great deal of weight during the winter.
(c) They sometimes died because they went out searching for food when the weather was still inclement and wintry.
(d) By spring, they were suffering from scurvy and pellagra.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What film does the author reference as an example of the distorted documentary?

3. In what year does the experiment take place?

4. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?

5. What chemical change does the author mention at the end of Appendix 6?

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