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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. Why must the plant that may have contributed to the emergence of consciousness be in Africa?
(a) The evidence is overwhelming that Africa is where humanity began.
(b) Africa is a nice place to live, so it must be where the early humans were from.
(c) Africa is the warmest of all the continents so must be where humanity began.
(d) Africa is the most grassy of the continents so must be where mushrooms grew.

2. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?
(a) Neurologists and Sociologists.
(b) Anthropologists and Psychologists.
(c) Psychologists and Neurologists.
(d) Neurologists and Anthropologists.

3. When was the first sample of psilocybe cubensis collected?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1906.

4. What did the author learn about in India regarding religion?
(a) It is no more than a hustle.
(b) It is a clever sales technique.
(c) It is a world of lies shrouded in fantasy.
(d) It is created by charlatans as a form of subservience.

5. What happens where hallucinogenic plants do not occur?
(a) Cultural innovation doesn't provide any new information.
(b) Cultural innovation occurs very slowly if at all.
(c) Cultural innovation does not occur.
(d) Cultural innovation occurs at high speeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the ibogaine family of substances from?

2. Which writer is mentioned?

3. What is shamanism?

4. What is a synonym to creode?

5. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?

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