Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Terence McKenna
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was important in the evolution of modern humans?
(a) Talking.
(b) Singing.
(c) The thinning of the cranial bones.
(d) The thinning and shortening of the arm bones.

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

4. What did Carl Saur believe was the explanation for grasslands?
(a) Human activity, specifically logging.
(b) Human activity, specifically agriculture.
(c) Human activity, specifically seasonal burning.
(d) A natural occurrence where trees aren't in abundance.

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

6. What attitudes do allies have?
(a) They are quiet and shy,
(b) They are quiet and stupid.
(c) They are intelligent and quiet.
(d) They are pushy and insistent.

7. What monstrous force(s) were born into modern times at the expense of a relationship with the natural world?
(a) Scientific industrialism.
(b) Global politics.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

8. What intoxicant was imbibed by the tribes of Siberia?
(a) Amanita lanei
(b) Amanita bisporigera.
(c) Amanita muscaria.
(d) Amanita phalloids.

9. What is a common metaphor for Soma?
(a) The cow.
(b) The sheep.
(c) The bull.
(d) The pig.

10. What do psychoactive plants allow a shaman to do?
(a) To feel good about himself.
(b) Allow the healer to journey into an invisible realm of natural magic.
(c) To inflate their ego.
(d) To manipulate the environment.

11. What goddess did the Paleolithic cult worship?
(a) The Great Horned Goddess.
(b) The Great Wise Goddess.
(c) The Great Mother Goddess.
(d) The Great Winged Goddess.

12. What was prominent on all images depicting the father of the Goddess?
(a) The shirt.
(b) All of these.
(c) The staff.
(d) The headgear.

13. What is interesting to note about the Soma deity?
(a) None of these.
(b) It is lunar.
(c) It is asexual.
(d) It is male and lunar.

14. What archaeological site has yielded a wealth of religious art?
(a) Catal Hiyak.
(b) Catal Huyuk.
(c) Catal Huyak.
(d) Caral Huyuk.

15. How do Westerners regard psychoactive drugs?
(a) In neither of these ways.
(b) They are frivolous.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) In both these ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would mushrooms have been especially noticeable on the African grasslands?

2. What culture arrived in Palestine and offered an explosion in societal activities like art?

3. What is shamanism?

4. What substances did the author use?

5. Why didn't the author settle for the ayahuasca in the marketplace?

(see the answer keys)

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