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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 was made by Raymond Lully?

2. What language(s) was Der Meskalinrausch in?

3. What did the Maya use cacao beans for?

4. Demeter was the goddess of what, according to the Greeks?

5. Which was the most important of the trading companies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the strongest argument for the legalization of any drug?

4. In what ways is alcohol a problem for society?

5. What is the reasonable course of action regarding substance use?

6. What things occurred in the fermentation process of the grape? What happened spiritually?

7. What motifs of a barely remembered mushroom cult are evident in the story of Glaukos?

8. What do the governments gain in the visible suppression of morphine, heroin, and cocaine?

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

10. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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