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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is it likely the linguistic evolution began?

2. What is produced by language?

3. What is the name of the vines used in making ayahuasca?

4. What was prominent on all images depicting the father of the Goddess?

5. What is the angel with the flashing sword representing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to communication techniques throughout evolution?

2. The knowledge of what mystery was lost and what was the affect on humanity of this loss?

3. In what regard do most Westerners hold magic and those that claim to be practitioners of it?

4. In what ways is the shaman a remote ancestor of the poet and the artist?

5. What important factor did women bring to language?

6. What does John Pfeiffer observe about Upper Paleolithic art?

7. What psychological shift left European civilization at a disadvantage?

8. What is the difference between a dominator society and a partnership society?

9. What are the two active chemical compounds in the Fly Agaric mushroom?

10. What would a culture that shifted back to being plant based be beneficial to today's culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hypothesize the outcome of the legalization of all drugs. Would this create more or less of a problem in management? Why? How might society function with all drugs legalized? In what ways would society change? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the book. What bias is presented in its layout? How does it display this bias in its representation? In what ways could the book have been given a more two sided approach? What would have been your opinion of it had this been the case?

Essay Topic 3

McKenna makes the accusation that governments are the heads of international drug cartels. Do you agree with this accusation? Why or why not? What points does McKenna make about this in particular that are especially intriguing and why?

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