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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. "Shamanic ecstasy is is an act of _______..."?
(a) Fortification.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Unveiling the world around us.

2. What questions do humans find most interesting?
(a) Towards what fate do we move?
(b) Where did we come from?
(c) Who are we?
(d) All of these.

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

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

5. What is interesting to note about the Western monotheistic deity?
(a) All of these.
(b) Women aren't involved as they are in every other religion.
(c) Women are praised but captive.
(d) Women are transformed into a negative aspect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were women paid to produce as many children as possible?

2. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?

3. What main point(s) are offered against the fly agaric mushroom?

4. What was the first synthetic drug?

5. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?

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