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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Opium and Tobacco.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the difference between the tobacco of the Classical Maya and that of which was distributed in Europe?
(a) It was far more addictive.
(b) It was euphoric.
(c) It was hallucinogenic.
(d) It induced a state of ecstasy.

2. What had caused the abandonment of Catal Huyuk?
(a) All of these.
(b) Disease.
(c) Fires.
(d) Drought.

3. When was the hypodermic syringe invented?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1843.

4. What according to McKenna seems to be the unique characteristic of the hominids?
(a) All of these.
(b) They were cognitive.
(c) They were adaptive.
(d) They were stoned.

5. In what year was a full years worth of opium sent up in smoke in China?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mystery cult(s) existed on Crete in the fourth century, BC?

2. What effect(s) does ergotized grain have on the body?

3. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?

4. What is the snake a symbol of regarding shamanic convention?

5. What is the connection between the loss of connection to nature and humanity?

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