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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alcohol and the Alchemy of Spirit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unpleasant plants are also used by shamans?
(a) Daturas.
(b) All of these.
(c) Brugmansias.
(d) Virola based snuffs.

2. What is promoted by this toxic diet?
(a) Toxic addiction and intoxication.
(b) All of these.
(c) Abuse of the land.
(d) Heart disease.

3. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?
(a) Anthropologists and Psychologists.
(b) Neurologists and Sociologists.
(c) Psychologists and Neurologists.
(d) Neurologists and Anthropologists.

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

5. What main point(s) are offered against the fly agaric mushroom?
(a) All of these.
(b) It doesn't provide reliable ecstatic experiences.
(c) The incorporation of cattle in the ritual makes no sense.
(d) The experience is unpleasant in nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author learn about in India regarding religion?

2. "Wife beating without alcohol is like _______?"

3. How do Westerners regard psychoactive drugs?

4. What was important in the evolution of modern humans?

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

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