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

2. What was the opium tincture's name?

3. On what day was tobacco first introduced into Europe?

4. Where did the Goddess survive long after the dominator style had been in place everywhere else?

5. Who was histories first death from opium overdose?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the mystery get abandoned?

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

4. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

5. How did coffee and tea support the sugar trade?

6. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of suggestions did McKenna make that offers the potential to reshape the way people look at their environment? How could this disrupt the current way of life? Would this be a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion? Why do you hold this position?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Soma. What intriguing notions does this substance offer, according to the lore? How are these substances apt to be exaggerations? What of them might be true? What is the problem with ascertaining exactly what substance Soma actually could be?

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