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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 often went hand in hand with alcohol?

2. What myth or story is explained in this chapter?

3. What were Greek wines?

4. What had sugar been known for centuries as?

5. What was the splendor of the past based largely on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the difference between ayahuasca and DMT hallucinations?

3. Why do international intelligence agencies need to propagate narcotics?

4. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

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

6. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

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

8. In what ways were opium ingested and what sparked the change in ingestion?

9. What of Marco Polo's adventures in the mysterious East may have blackened Cannabis' reputation?

10. What were the first of the Europeans to outlaw tobacco? What affect did this have on consumption?

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

McKenna compared the dissection of corpses to learn anatomy similar to the expansion of the mind to learn why human beings exist. Although one was punished as witchcraft, students still risked imprisonment and death to advance their knowledge. McKenna argues that humanity should continue to experiment with hallucinogens in modern times. Do you support this position? Why or why not? How is this an interesting concept to approach? Why would it have to be approached cautiously?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss alcohol consumption. How is it one of the most prevalent substances to induce intoxication on the market? What characteristic lends it it's stability in the consumerist marketplace? What is the problem with prolonged consumption?

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