Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Terence McKenna
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Terence McKenna
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substances did the author use?
(a) Ayahuasca.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Psilocybin mushrooms.

2. What female deities persisted in the patriarchal society?
(a) The cult of Kali.
(b) The cult of Mary.
(c) The divine Parusha.
(d) All of these.

3. What does psilocybin have a catalytic effect on?
(a) The linguistic impulse.
(b) All of these.
(c) The optical impulses.
(d) The auditory impulse.

4. What did Carl Saur believe was the explanation for grasslands?
(a) A natural occurrence where trees aren't in abundance.
(b) Human activity, specifically agriculture.
(c) Human activity, specifically logging.
(d) Human activity, specifically seasonal burning.

5. What religion in Africa is hallucinogenic plant based?
(a) Bwratini.
(b) Iboga.
(c) Bwiti.
(d) Bwati.

6. Where is the answer located on how to achieve balance within the environment?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) In aboriginal reserves.
(d) In Third World countries.

7. What intoxicant was imbibed by the tribes of Siberia?
(a) Amanita lanei
(b) Amanita bisporigera.
(c) Amanita phalloids.
(d) Amanita muscaria.

8. What factors have brought human evolution to a halt?
(a) Our sheer numbers.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The rise of communications.
(d) Neither of these.

9. What is the name of the vines used in making ayahuasca?
(a) Wisteria sinensis.
(b) Lonicera sempervirens.
(c) The Banisteriopsis vines.
(d) Campsis-radicans.

10. What two groups of scientists have analyzed shamanism?
(a) Anthropologists and Psychologists.
(b) Psychologists and Neurologists.
(c) Neurologists and Sociologists.
(d) Neurologists and Anthropologists.

11. Which mushroom will take the projection of male or female energy with equal ease?
(a) Amanita muscaria.
(b) Psilocybe mexicana.
(c) Stropharia cubensis.
(d) Psilocybe cubensis.

12. What is not a shamanic method of ecstasy?
(a) Having intercourse.
(b) Manipulation of breath.
(c) Drumming.
(d) Fasting.

13. What particular family of active chemical compounds does McKenna believe affected human development?
(a) Imbibed hallucinogens.
(b) Indile hallucinogens.
(c) Indole hallucinogens.
(d) Infold hallucinogens.

14. What does Eastern philosophy call the dissolution of the ego?
(a) The rapture.
(b) The Tao.
(c) None of these.
(d) Enlightenment.

15. What happens where hallucinogenic plants do not occur?
(a) Cultural innovation does not occur.
(b) Cultural innovation doesn't provide any new information.
(c) Cultural innovation occurs very slowly if at all.
(d) Cultural innovation occurs at high speeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artistic style does a painting from Inaouanrhat in the Tassili resemble?

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

3. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?

4. What is interesting to note about the Western monotheistic deity?

5. What archaeological site has yielded a wealth of religious art?

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