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

2. What is the name of the plant in which the substance being tested is found?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Coca.

3. Which of these is NOT a vision which the author thinks might be produced by prodding the brain with an electrode?
(a) The author's friend's vision of a colorful Japanese landscape.
(b) Weir Mitchell's visions of the Gothic tower.
(c) Nostradamus's visions of the future.
(d) Blake's visions of the Cherubim.

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

5. What are the first objects upon which the author intently focuses during the experiment?
(a) The table and chairs in the room.
(b) The books on his shelves.
(c) Some pens and pencils in a cup on his desk.
(d) Three flowers in a vase on the table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Heaven, according to the author?

2. In what year does the experiment take place?

3. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?

4. What is the art form which is most likely to transport those who experience it?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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