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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. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?
(a) When the Indo-Europeans stopped migrating.
(b) When the rise of Christianity ensued.
(c) All of these.
(d) When patriarchy became dominant.

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

3. What particular family of active chemical compounds does McKenna believe affected human development?
(a) Indile hallucinogens.
(b) Indole hallucinogens.
(c) Infold hallucinogens.
(d) Imbibed hallucinogens.

4. What culture arrived in Palestine and offered an explosion in societal activities like art?
(a) The Tassili culture.
(b) The Natufian culture.
(c) None of these.
(d) The Paleolithic culture.

5. What questions do humans find most interesting?
(a) Who are we?
(b) Towards what fate do we move?
(c) Where did we come from?
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What female deities persisted in the patriarchal society?

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

3. What are allies friendly towards?

4. What is interesting to note about Soma?

5. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?

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