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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The High Plains of Eden.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why didn't the author settle for the ayahuasca in the marketplace?
(a) The stuff sold was fake.
(b) Those who prepared it were charlatans.
(c) There was no spiritual experience in it.
(d) He thought that the market place stuff would make him sick.

3. Why would mushrooms have been especially noticeable on the African grasslands?
(a) None of these.
(b) Their inviting smell.
(c) Their colors would have been intriguing.
(d) All of these.

4. Why is a grass containing DMT an unlikely source of material to boost the human consciousness?
(a) Humans didn't eat grass.
(b) It would have to be distilled.
(c) Humans didn't graze.
(d) It would have to be extracted.

5. What tree did the woman eat from?
(a) Either of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The Tree of Life.
(d) The Tree of Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What female deities persisted in the patriarchal society?

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

3. What did Carl Saur believe was the explanation for grasslands?

4. After what point may a shaman have access to a superhuman plane?

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

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