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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 is the main problem with this theory?
(a) Ergot is addictive.
(b) Ergot is toxic.
(c) Ergot causes madness.
(d) Ergot causes blindness.

3. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?
(a) The linguistic impulse.
(b) The auditory impulse.
(c) The optical impulses.
(d) All of these.

4. What myth or story is explained in this chapter?
(a) The one of Polyidos.
(b) The one of King Minos.
(c) The one of Glaukos.
(d) The one of Persephone.

5. What was the first and most immediate payoff of the New World?
(a) Gold.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the juice expelled from poppies used to treat in Saxon England?

2. What cognitive ability are humans not known for?

3. What used to be considered 'god' and what do we call it now?

4. What would separate the psychoactive alkaloids from those that are deadly in ergotized grain?

5. On what day was tobacco first introduced into Europe?

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