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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does science fail to do?
(a) Nurture the soul.
(b) Educate the mind.
(c) Lift the human spirit.
(d) All of these.

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

4. What did the author find appalling?
(a) That the shamanic world offered truth and the real world offered lies.
(b) That the shamanic world was more real than our own.
(c) The shamanic world could be accessed by anyone, but no one had believed in it.
(d) That religion was a construct to eliminate the truth of shamanism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is produced by language?

3. What do psychoactive plants allow a shaman to do?

4. Why must the plant that may have contributed to the emergence of consciousness be in Africa?

5. Which writer is mentioned?

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