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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug was Antonin Artaud using when he saw shapes in the scenery around him?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Peyote.
(d) LSD.

2. What disease does quinine help relieve the symptoms of?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Diabetes.

3. When was the motion picture, Invaders from Mars, released?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1951.

4. Where is Paul Ingram, a man who was hypnotized and falsely recalled abusing his daughter, at the time of writing?
(a) In a psychiatric ward.
(b) Free after having the charges dropped.
(c) In prison.
(d) On a permanent fundamentalist retreat.

5. What were Sagan's last words to his father?
(a) Don't die.
(b) Take care.
(c) Sleep.
(d) I love you.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people suffer kidney failure from the use of painkillers?

2. What does REM stand for?

3. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'

4. 'It is certainly true that all beliefs and myths are worthy of a ___________________.'

5. What advantage does science have over history?

(see the answer key)

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