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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. What is interesting to note about Soma?

2. What is produced by language?

3. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?

4. In what pharmacological areas has LSD aided humanity?

5. What substances did the author use?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important factor did women bring to language?

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

3. Up until what point did shamanism lose its grip on humanity?

4. What was noted physiologically with the evolution of language?

5. What is the twentieth century linguistic revolution based on?

6. What is Tasili n Ajjer famous for?

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

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

9. How does Western society regard healers? How is this a problem?

10. What kinds of shamanic practices lead to ecstasy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the current state of drug control. Do you think the model of regulation is effective? Why or why not? What should the government do about the 'drug problem' in America? Do you think McKenna was on the right track when he said that drugs should be legalized? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ten points of McKenna's master plan in renewing the Archaic Paradise. Does this seem in theory like a good plan? Why or why not? How are some of these easier to implement then others? What would be the most difficult and why? What would be the easiest? Explain your answers thoroughly.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the purpose and benefits from the perspective of a government to having a consumerist population. How is this contrary to what McKenna suggests? What would change socially if this perspective did as well? How would this be contrary to the desires of a governmental establishment?

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