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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what are the two ways to achieve a level of consciousness that allows for exploration of the undiscovered areas of the mind?
(a) Drugs and hypnosis.
(b) Meditation and drugs.
(c) Fasting and meditation.
(d) Drugs and fasting.

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

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

4. The author feels that all human beings are naturally what?
(a) Introspective, but group-oriented.
(b) Introspective and solitary.
(c) Solitary, but not introspective.
(d) Solitary, but sometimes focused on others.

5. What discovery was made about the substance being tested in the early 1950s?
(a) It was a natural by-product of processing the plant in certain ways.
(b) It permanently alters the user's brain in some ways.
(c) Its chemical makeup is similar to adrenalin.
(d) It shouldn't be used by people with anxiety or panic disorders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way does the second essay differ from the first?

3. How do utilitarians feel about art?

4. Why are marble and stone often particularly impressive materials in art?

5. How does mescalin affect the user's brain function?

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