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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?
(a) It gets psychiatrists another step closer to understanding how hypnotism works.
(b) It shows the power that art has over the human mind.
(c) It offers another way for people to achieve the same results that they would get with drugs.
(d) It demonstrates the suggestibility of humans.

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

4. Which physiological system's tissues are more "vulnerable," according to the author, than the others?
(a) The limbic system.
(b) The cardiovascular system.
(c) The gastrointestinal system.
(d) The nervous system.

5. In what way does the second essay differ from the first?
(a) The second was written before the author's experimentation with drugs.
(b) The second essay has a darker, more sinister tone than the first.
(c) The second was originally a journal entry, and the author didn't intend to publish it.
(d) The second doesn't recount any specific experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to "pyrotechny" after the fall of Rome?

2. According to the author, what is "one of the most magical and transporting of spectacles"?

3. How does the author respond when the researcher asks him if his experience with the drug is positive or negative?

4. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Thicket"?

5. How does the author respond when asked about spatial relationships?

(see the answer key)

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