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

2. How do Westerners regard psychoactive drugs?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) They are frivolous.
(c) In neither of these ways.
(d) In both these ways.

3. Which writer is mentioned?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Mircea Eliade.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Carlos Castaneda.

4. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The rise of communications.
(d) Our sheer numbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion in Africa is hallucinogenic plant based?

2. What questions do humans find most interesting?

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

4. What does a shaman get from entering the domain of plant intelligence?

5. The author originally believed that magic was a phenomenon of the...?

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