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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Synthetics: Heroin, Cocaine and Television.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might Zoroaster have banned Soma?
(a) He was greatly influenced by the Christian religion that was forming.
(b) He objected to altered states of mind.
(c) He objected to the bull sacrifice that was a part of the ritual.
(d) He thought of all altered states of mind as witchcraft.

2. Why is the legalization of marijuana a complex issue?
(a) It might cause people to rise up in the face of injustice.
(b) It might cause people to challenge authority more.
(c) It creates a lack of fear in the government and social establishments.
(d) It might cause people to address ego dominant values and even change them.

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

4. What treaty legalized opium traffic in China?
(a) Treaty of Telentsin.
(b) Treaty of Tientsin.
(c) Treaty of Tentsin.
(d) Treaty of Tentsin.

5. Why did the Japanese produce vast amounts of opium and heroin for distribution in China?
(a) To manipulate the government into fixing the problem.
(b) To make the Chinese population too weak to resist occupation.
(c) To create a distraction for the people.
(d) To gain a profit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is shamanism?

2. What did the author find appalling?

3. What was likely to never be anticipated by the government agencies when they introduced cocaine?

4. What are the most recently evolved areas of the human brain?

5. What effect(s) does ergotized grain have on the body?

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