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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. 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 gained the wisdom from the other plane.
(c) After he has trained for fifteen years under the tutelage of a shaman.
(d) After he has graduated the "shamanism 101" course.

2. Where is it likely the linguistic evolution began?
(a) In the women gatherers.
(b) In the children gatherers.
(c) In the male hunters.
(d) All of these.

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

4. What is the modern incarnation of the Shaman?
(a) Artists,
(b) Poets.
(c) Both of these.
(d) There aren't any modern shamans.

5. What was the name of the old woman who had provided the author with ayahuasca?
(a) Dona Ceraline.
(b) Dona Caralina.
(c) Dona Carolina.
(d) Dona Catalina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is shamanism?

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

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

4. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?

5. What questions do humans find most interesting?

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