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

2. How does the author respond when asked about spatial relationships?
(a) They don't seem to matter as much as they usually do.
(b) They are warped and inaccurate.
(c) They have completely ceased to matter to him.
(d) They are more noticeable and pronounced than usual.

3. According to the author, what is the most important effect of the first technique mentioned in Appendix 1?
(a) Subjects perceiving that they are able to communicate with a higher power.
(b) A marked increase in the subject's ability to see things with their eyes closed.
(c) The rarity of negative side effects in users.
(d) The cheapness and availability of the substance used.

4. What is the potential danger of the second technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) It may last longer than the user originally intended.
(b) It may cause an epileptic seizure.
(c) It may produce long-term changes in brain function.
(d) It may create an unpleasant sensation of nausea or vertigo.

5. What is the subject of most of La Tour's paintings?
(a) Women performing daily tasks.
(b) Landscapes and nature.
(c) Still-life images of fruit and flowers.
(d) An object seen by the light of a single candle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the style of the new Art of Versailles, according to the author?

2. Which is NOT an object or work of art that the author references in comparison to the subjects of La Tour's paintings?

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

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

5. According to Huxley, what causes negative visionary experiences?

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