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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ballad of the Dreaming Weavers: Cannabis and Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the old woman who had provided the author with ayahuasca?
(a) Dona Carolina.
(b) Dona Catalina.
(c) Dona Ceraline.
(d) Dona Caralina.

2. What is shamanism?
(a) Theatrical performance.
(b) All of these.
(c) Healing.
(d) Divination.

3. 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.

4. What often went hand in hand with alcohol?
(a) All of these.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Anger.
(d) Violence.

5. Why must the plant sought require no preparation?
(a) Preparation belonged to a more evolved group of hominids.
(b) Preparation required time that the hominids, as hunter gatherers, didn't have.
(c) Early hominids wouldn't have had time to distill something.
(d) Early hominids were simply eaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the snake a symbol of regarding shamanic convention?

2. What is the soul of poetic verse?

3. What did the author learn about in India regarding religion?

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

5. What is a common metaphor for Soma?

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