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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Opium and Tobacco.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What myth or story is explained in this chapter?
(a) The one of King Minos.
(b) The one of Polyidos.
(c) The one of Persephone.
(d) The one of Glaukos.

2. What is the snake a symbol of regarding shamanic convention?
(a) The devil.
(b) The deceased.
(c) The reborn.
(d) Evil.

3. What does a shaman get from entering the domain of plant intelligence?
(a) He becomes privileged to a higher dimensional perspective.
(b) He becomes enraptured by this perspective and isn't able to leave.
(c) He finds harmony with the environment.
(d) He finds answers to the life altering questions we all seek.

4. Why is the legalization of marijuana a complex issue?
(a) It creates a lack of fear in the government and social establishments.
(b) It might cause people to challenge authority more.
(c) It might cause people to address ego dominant values and even change them.
(d) It might cause people to rise up in the face of injustice.

5. Why is a grass containing DMT an unlikely source of material to boost the human consciousness?
(a) Humans didn't eat grass.
(b) It would have to be extracted.
(c) It would have to be distilled.
(d) Humans didn't graze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the difference between the tobacco of the Classical Maya and that of which was distributed in Europe?

2. What did the built in recliners suggest?

3. What is the supreme goal of the shaman?

4. What did Carl Saur believe was the explanation for grasslands?

5. Where is the narcotic power in the cannabis plant?

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