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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. 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. 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 it is too difficult for most painters to make something beautiful and to also convey a message with it.
(d) Because their role is not an active one.

3. What is the art form which is most likely to transport those who experience it?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Stained glass.
(d) Painting.

4. How does the author describe our ancestors' winter diets in Appendix 2?
(a) They ate dried meat and fruit which they stored during the autumn harvest.
(b) They ate mostly meat and grains, with some fruit and vegetables.
(c) They ate no fruit, no vegetables, and very little meat or dairy.
(d) They ate pretty much the same diet they ate during the rest of the year.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What substance is the author testing in the experiment?

3. According to the author, what did one subject see while under the effects of mescalin and the second technique described in Appendix 1?

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

5. According to the author, in Appendix 2 what was the result of our ancestors' winter diets?

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