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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. Why is the legalization of marijuana a complex issue?

2. How did Leary and Schultes compare?

3. Where were women paid to produce as many children as possible?

4. What were plant(s) of European witchcraft?

5. What was the reason for the American government to make the emphasis off of heroin and onto cocaine?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what areas were promising results revealed in LSD medicine?

2. Why aren't the positive effects of marijuana usage reported in America from scientists?

3. What are some main issues regarding sugar addiction? What about production?

4. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

5. What was considered history's joke on Europe?

6. If cannabis was legal, what would it do to influence social structure?

7. What was indicative of an influx in feminine values?

8. What is the difference between heroin and tobacco regarding addiction?

9. What likely caused the fall of Catal Huyuk, and where did its inhabitants go?

10. Why is watching television comparable to narcotic addiction? What properties support this? How might it be worse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the shift from a goddess to god. What kinds of values were lost in the shift, according to McKenna? How might humanity benefit in reverting to that state of consciousness now? What kinds of behavioral patterns were changed when the deity changed?

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 an Archaic Revival. Does McKenna suggest that human beings should return to the dark ages? Why or why not? Does what McKenna suggests make sense and in what ways?

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