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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. The author originally believed that magic was a phenomenon of the...?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Naive,
(d) Primitive.

2. What is shamanism?
(a) Divination.
(b) All of these.
(c) Healing.
(d) Theatrical performance.

3. What plant is considered not only a hallucinogen, but also an aphrodisiac?
(a) Stropharia cubensis.
(b) Iboga.
(c) Peganum harmala.
(d) Bwiti.

4. What used to be considered 'god' and what do we call it now?
(a) None of these.
(b) Karma.
(c) The ego.
(d) Conscience.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Shamanic ecstasy is is an act of _______..."?

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

5. What questions do humans find most interesting?

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