View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Synthetics: Heroin, Cocaine and Television.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Demeter was the goddess of what, according to the Greeks?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Grain.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

2. What effect(s) does ergotized grain have on the body?
(a) It is vasoconstrictive.
(b) It triggers the onset of labor.
(c) It is a hallucinogenic.
(d) All of these.

3. What is the notion of illegal plants?
(a) Obnoxious but sensible.
(b) Sane and objective.
(c) Obnoxious and ridiculous.
(d) Obnoxious but objective.

4. Who was famed to be the father of chemotherapy?
(a) Parcelsus.
(b) Paracelsus.
(c) Plato.
(d) None of these.

5. What is the snake a symbol of regarding shamanic convention?
(a) The reborn.
(b) The deceased.
(c) Evil.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?

2. After what point may a shaman have access to a superhuman plane?

3. What goddess did the Paleolithic cult worship?

4. What according to McKenna seems to be the unique characteristic of the hominids?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 241 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample