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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are light and color typically experienced by mescalin users while they are under the influence of the drug?
2. What is the main quality of the drug being tested?
3. According to the author, what is the most important effect of the first technique mentioned in Appendix 1?
4. According to the author, in Appendix 2 what was the result of our ancestors' winter diets?
5. The author feels that all human beings are naturally what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What other practices commonly incorporated into religious ceremonies produce results similar to the first vision-inducing method discussed in Appendix 1?
2. How does the author feel about the explanations for visions which he presents in Appendix 2?
3. What is known about peyote before the author participates in his experiment with it?
4. To which spiritual practice does the author refer to exemplify the effects of a restricted diet?
5. How did movies evolve, according to the information presented in Appendix 3?
6. According to the author, what is the role of psychics and mystics in the modern Western world, and why?
7. What are the author's expectations regarding what he will experience during the mescalin trial?
8. What does the author say about Plato during the first part of the mescalin experiment?
9. What is the author's view of heaven and hell, as described at the end of the second essay?
10. What does the author begin to ponder after seeing a book of Sandro Botticelli's paintings in the World's Biggest Drug Store?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Color and light are both crucial aspects of a visionary experience, according to Huxley. Why? In what natural objects are color and light often seen in an intense concentration? How are these objects part of religion and spirituality? In Huxley's opinion, why are color and light so important to visionary experiences?
Essay Topic 2
Huxley describes various vision-inducing methods in the book. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method, and why? Which one does Huxley prefer? What groups of people commonly used each method? Is each method still commonly used? Are they all equally effective? If not, which ones are more effective?
Essay Topic 3
Different groups have very different attitudes toward vision-inducing methods, according to Huxley. Which groups does Huxley mention? What are their attitudes toward various vision-inducing methods? Does Huxley agree with any of these groups? If so, which one?
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