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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of the two methods the author discusses in Appendix 1 for inducing visionary experiences?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Inhalation of carbon dioxide.
(c) Fasting.
(d) Meditation.

2. In what year does the experiment take place?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1978.

3. What is the Dharma-body?
(a) Truth, joy and enlightenment.
(b) Truth, mind, and nature.
(c) Body, mind and spirit.
(d) Freedom from suffering, enlightenment and transcendence.

4. Why was Holy Week such an effective spiritual practice, according to the author?
(a) Because the faithful were gathered in large groups for the services.
(b) Because it worked upon the penitents' feelings of guilt.
(c) Because there is vivid and graphic mythology associated with it.
(d) Because it was preceded by Lent.

5. From whence does the author believe visionary experiences originate?
(a) From the Mind-at-large.
(b) From the user's memories.
(c) From the user's imagination.
(d) From the user's racial memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?

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

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

4. What does the author say at the end of Appendix 4 about the relationship between an artist's character and their work?

5. What poet does the author quote in Appendix 5?

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