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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Carlyle's biographer, what was his predominant mental illness?
(a) Generalized panic disorder.
(b) Depression.
(c) Delusional psychosis.
(d) Post-traumatic stress disorder.

2. According to the author, what are the two reasons for the manner in which visionaries are received?
(a) Philosophical and chemical.
(b) Chemical and physical.
(c) Physical and religious.
(d) Religious and philosophical.

3. What is the title of the biography written about Carlyle?
(a) "Mr Carlyle, my Patient."
(b) "The Delusional Cartographer."
(c) "Carlyle: Man and Author."
(d) "A Study on Psychosis."

4. 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.

5. How was the drug typically used up until the 1950s?
(a) In religious ceremonies.
(b) To sedate those with psychiatric problems.
(c) Recreationally, and in religious ceremonies.
(d) Recreationally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is striking about the painting of the butcher bird, to which the author refers at the end of Appendix 5?

2. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?

3. According to the author, where do the mentally-ill people discussed at the beginning of Appendix 6 spend their time?

4. What is the Dharma-body?

5. How does mescalin affect the user's brain function?

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