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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Searching for Soma: The Golden Vedic Enigma.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where might this form of civilization began?
(a) None of these.
(b) Turkey.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

3. Where are the ibogaine family of substances from?
(a) North America.
(b) India.
(c) None of these.
(d) China.

4. What are allies friendly towards?
(a) Our struggle to maintain composure in the face of our egos.
(b) All of these.
(c) Our attempt to become something greater than ourselves.
(d) Our struggle to birth ourselves as an intelligent species.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens where hallucinogenic plants do not occur?

2. What particular family of active chemical compounds does McKenna believe affected human development?

3. What do the dancing shamans have in their hands and sticking out of their bodies?

4. What is a common metaphor for Soma?

5. What archaeological site has yielded a wealth of religious art?

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