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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plant and Primates: Postcards from the Stoned Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was important in the evolution of modern humans?
(a) Singing.
(b) The thinning of the cranial bones.
(c) Talking.
(d) The thinning and shortening of the arm bones.

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

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

4. What does this form of civilization bring with it?
(a) Hoarding.
(b) Overproduction.
(c) All of these.
(d) Trade.

5. What religion in Africa is hallucinogenic plant based?
(a) Bwati.
(b) Iboga.
(c) Bwiti.
(d) Bwratini.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is shamanism?

4. Where is it likely the linguistic evolution began?

5. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?

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