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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) Ecstasy.
(b) Human emotion.
(c) Intoxication.
(d) All of these.
2. Where does Terence McKenna believe Eden was?
(a) The Tasili n Agger.
(b) The Tasilli n Ajjer.
(c) All of these.
(d) The Tassili n Ajjer.
3. What goddess did the Paleolithic cult worship?
(a) The Great Horned Goddess.
(b) The Great Winged Goddess.
(c) The Great Mother Goddess.
(d) The Great Wise Goddess.
4. What plant is considered not only a hallucinogen, but also an aphrodisiac?
(a) Peganum harmala.
(b) Bwiti.
(c) Iboga.
(d) Stropharia cubensis.
5. What does this form of civilization bring with it?
(a) Trade.
(b) Hoarding.
(c) All of these.
(d) Overproduction.
6. What tree did the woman eat from?
(a) Either of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The Tree of Knowledge.
(d) The Tree of Life.
7. What isn't ecstasy?
(a) Familiar.
(b) Hilarious.
(c) Terrifying.
(d) A subservient experience.
8. What happens where hallucinogenic plants do not occur?
(a) Cultural innovation occurs at high speeds.
(b) Cultural innovation occurs very slowly if at all.
(c) Cultural innovation doesn't provide any new information.
(d) Cultural innovation does not occur.
9. What is interesting to note about the Western monotheistic deity?
(a) Women aren't involved as they are in every other religion.
(b) Women are praised but captive.
(c) Women are transformed into a negative aspect.
(d) All of these.
10. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?
(a) When the rise of Christianity ensued.
(b) When patriarchy became dominant.
(c) All of these.
(d) When the Indo-Europeans stopped migrating.
11. What has been agreed on regarding Soma?
(a) It is yellow in color.
(b) All of these.
(c) It originates in the mountains.
(d) It has hanging branches.
12. Why might Zoroaster have banned Soma?
(a) He objected to the bull sacrifice that was a part of the ritual.
(b) He was greatly influenced by the Christian religion that was forming.
(c) He objected to altered states of mind.
(d) He thought of all altered states of mind as witchcraft.
13. What did the author learn about in India regarding religion?
(a) It is no more than a hustle.
(b) It is a clever sales technique.
(c) It is created by charlatans as a form of subservience.
(d) It is a world of lies shrouded in fantasy.
14. What is considered a product of cattle?
(a) Manure.
(b) All of these.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Meat.
15. Where is the answer located on how to achieve balance within the environment?
(a) In Third World countries.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) In aboriginal reserves.
(d) Both of these.
Short Answer Questions
1. What monstrous force(s) were born into modern times at the expense of a relationship with the natural world?
2. Why didn't the author settle for the ayahuasca in the marketplace?
3. What does a shaman get from entering the domain of plant intelligence?
4. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?
5. What cognitive ability are humans not known for?
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