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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the soul of poetic verse?
(a) Love.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Truth.
(d) Ecstasy.

2. What did the built in recliners suggest?
(a) Both of these.
(b) That midwifery had been part of the rites.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) That curing had been a part of the rites.

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

4. 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) Humans didn't graze.
(d) It would have to be distilled.

5. Where does Terence McKenna believe Eden was?
(a) All of these.
(b) The Tassili n Ajjer.
(c) The Tasili n Agger.
(d) The Tasilli n Ajjer.

6. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) Spontaneous outbursts of poetry.
(d) Neither of these.

7. What was the wave made of that the author rode?
(a) Information.
(b) Water.
(c) Sand.
(d) Air.

8. Why would mushrooms have been especially noticeable on the African grasslands?
(a) Their inviting smell.
(b) None of these.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their colors would have been intriguing.

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

10. Where are the ibogaine family of substances from?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) North America.
(d) None of these.

11. Where is the answer located on how to achieve balance within the environment?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) In aboriginal reserves.
(c) Both of these.
(d) In Third World countries.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the dancing shamans have in their hands and sticking out of their bodies?

3. What female deities persisted in the patriarchal society?

4. What is twilight state thinking characterized by?

5. What tree did the woman eat from?

(see the answer keys)

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