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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. Why might Zoroaster have banned Soma?
(a) He thought of all altered states of mind as witchcraft.
(b) He objected to the bull sacrifice that was a part of the ritual.
(c) He was greatly influenced by the Christian religion that was forming.
(d) He objected to altered states of mind.

2. What is the angel with the flashing sword representing?
(a) All of these.
(b) The competitive nature of the world.
(c) The harshness of the desert environment.
(d) The vengeful and ego driven god.

3. What is the notion of illegal plants?
(a) Sane and objective.
(b) Obnoxious but objective.
(c) Obnoxious but sensible.
(d) Obnoxious and ridiculous.

4. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?
(a) Our sheer numbers.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) The rise of communications.

5. Of the animals present at the dig site mentioned, where were they from?
(a) India.
(b) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens where hallucinogenic plants do not occur?

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

3. What myth or story is explained in this chapter?

4. What is the main problem with this theory?

5. When did our estrangement from the conscious and the unconscious begin?

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