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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Habits as Culture and Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Carl Saur believe was the explanation for grasslands?
(a) Human activity, specifically logging.
(b) Human activity, specifically seasonal burning.
(c) Human activity, specifically agriculture.
(d) A natural occurrence where trees aren't in abundance.

2. What is shamanism?
(a) All of these.
(b) Theatrical performance.
(c) Divination.
(d) Healing.

3. When did our estrangement from the conscious and the unconscious begin?
(a) About a thousand years ago.
(b) About three thousand years ago.
(c) About two thousand years ago.
(d) About four thousand years ago.

4. After what point may a shaman have access to a superhuman plane?
(a) After he has the experience of resurrection while in ecstasy.
(b) After he has trained for fifteen years under the tutelage of a shaman.
(c) After he has gained the wisdom from the other plane.
(d) After he has graduated the "shamanism 101" course.

5. In what pharmacological areas has LSD aided humanity?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Psychotherapy.
(c) Treatment of chronic alcoholism.
(d) Neither of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a grass containing DMT an unlikely source of material to boost the human consciousness?

2. What particular family of active chemical compounds does McKenna believe affected human development?

3. What does this form of civilization bring with it?

4. What is interesting to note about the Western monotheistic deity?

5. Why must the plant sought require no preparation?

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