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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 do psychoactive plants allow a shaman to do?
(a) Allow the healer to journey into an invisible realm of natural magic.
(b) To inflate their ego.
(c) To manipulate the environment.
(d) To feel good about himself.

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

3. Why must the plant sought require no preparation?
(a) Early hominids wouldn't have had time to distill something.
(b) Early hominids were simply eaters.
(c) Preparation belonged to a more evolved group of hominids.
(d) Preparation required time that the hominids, as hunter gatherers, didn't have.

4. 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.

5. What attitudes do allies have?
(a) They are intelligent and quiet.
(b) They are quiet and shy,
(c) They are quiet and stupid.
(d) They are pushy and insistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?

2. What religion in Africa is hallucinogenic plant based?

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

4. What was the wave made of that the author rode?

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

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