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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 did chocolate reach France and England?

2. When did cocaine and heroin become illegal in the USA?

3. What was the first and most immediate payoff of the New World?

4. During the golden age of Athens, how many of the population were slaves?

5. What was made by Raymond Lully?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was the Old World belief regarding honeybees? Why is this of significance regarding the Partnership society?

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

10. Why is the use of the coca plant in the Amazon seen as a food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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