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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 memories.
(b) From the Mind-at-large.
(c) From the user's racial memory.
(d) From the user's imagination.

2. What topic does the author explore in Appendix 2?
(a) The personality traits common to most visionaries and mystics.
(b) The uncommon accuracy with which most visionaries are able to recall their visions.
(c) The role of visionaries and mystics in the modern Western world.
(d) The availability and safety of various vision-inducing techniques.

3. What is the difference, according to the author, between the Japanese butcher bird painting and Hardy's thrush?
(a) Each bird is painted in a very different style due to the difference in culture.
(b) The Western bird is surrounded by foliage, while the Eastern bird is not.
(c) There is no difference; they are very similar paintings in terms of their visionary qualities.
(d) The Western bird wants to teach the viewer something, whereas the Eastern bird is content to simply be.

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

5. What researcher performed experiments with touching parts of the brain with a fine electrode?
(a) Penfield.
(b) Maradon.
(c) Jaung.
(d) Kreitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is theatrical spectacle?

2. What does the world inhabited by schizophrenics and other psychotics resemble, according to the author?

3. What is the highest point of the transformation the author discusses in Appendix 6?

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

5. Which of these is NOT a specialist who the author feels should be consulted by an aspiring mystic?

(see the answer key)

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