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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were our ancestors' visions often negative, according to the author?
(a) Their visions were induced by a different means.
(b) They lived in more dangerous environments.
(c) They believed in the Devil and were afraid of damnation.
(d) They had shorter life spans.

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

3. What affects one's ability to have visionary experiences, according to the author, if one is using the first method mentioned in Appendix 1?
(a) The person's disposition before use.
(b) The amount of substance that is allowed to reach the brain.
(c) The duration of use.
(d) The number of times a person has used.

4. What happens when mescalin or LSD is used in conjunction with the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) The user is more prone to nausea, vomiting or seizure.
(b) Any negative effects being experienced by the user will disappear.
(c) The effects of the drugs are intensified and enriched.
(d) The effects of the drugs immediately wear off.

5. To what does the author compare someone fasting and self-flagellating, instead of using drugs, to achieve a visionary experience?
(a) Tying your hands together and trying to knit.
(b) Driving somewhere instead of flying there.
(c) Burning down a house to roast a pig.
(d) Rowing a boat, or using a motor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a vision which the author thinks might be produced by prodding the brain with an electrode?

2. The substance being tested has been used by Native Americans of what region for hundreds of years?

3. The author feels that all human beings are naturally what?

4. According to the author, what is one example of the importance of colors and light to many cultures?

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

(see the answer key)

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