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

2. What is the name of the vines used in making ayahuasca?
(a) Wisteria sinensis.
(b) Campsis-radicans.
(c) Lonicera sempervirens.
(d) The Banisteriopsis vines.

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

4. What substances did the author use?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Psilocybin mushrooms.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Ayahuasca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the ibogaine family of substances from?

2. What happens to an individual in a state of ecstasy, according to Gordon Wasson?

3. What was the name of the old woman who had provided the author with ayahuasca?

4. Why must the plant sought require no preparation?

5. What monstrous force(s) were born into modern times at the expense of a relationship with the natural world?

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