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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. When is Cannabis akin to a hallucinogen?

2. What would separate the psychoactive alkaloids from those that are deadly in ergotized grain?

3. What effect(s) does ergotized grain have on the body?

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

5. What existed in the gangster subculture?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

6. What did LSD do to the population, and how did it bring about the sixties?

7. What was the difference in the tobacco's smoked by the natives in South America and the tobacco cultivated in Europe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is McKenna's argument for the idea that humans have been using narcotic substances since the dawn of man? How does this way of thinking sharply contrast the Christian viewpoint? Do you think this is a good or bad thing? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss shamanic ritualized use of mushrooms. Should it be classified as a religion and therefore practicable by all? Why or why not? According to McKenna, what sort of 'divine experience' is possible on indole hallucinogens? Is this the worship of a false idol? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

McKenna makes the argument that humans are pre-programmed to search out forms of intoxication. Do you agree or disagree with this assessment? What arguments other than those of McKenna do you have to support your position?

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