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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What questions do humans find most interesting?
(a) Towards what fate do we move?
(b) Who are we?
(c) Where did we come from?
(d) All of these.

3. Where might this form of civilization began?
(a) None of these.
(b) France.
(c) Africa.
(d) Turkey.

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

5. What archaeological site has yielded a wealth of religious art?
(a) Caral Huyuk.
(b) Catal Huyuk.
(c) Catal Hiyak.
(d) Catal Huyak.

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

7. What culture arrived in Palestine and offered an explosion in societal activities like art?
(a) The Natufian culture.
(b) None of these.
(c) The Tassili culture.
(d) The Paleolithic culture.

8. What has been agreed on regarding Soma?
(a) All of these.
(b) It originates in the mountains.
(c) It has hanging branches.
(d) It is yellow in color.

9. What according to McKenna seems to be the unique characteristic of the hominids?
(a) All of these.
(b) They were cognitive.
(c) They were adaptive.
(d) They were stoned.

10. What is twilight state thinking characterized by?
(a) Temporal distortion.
(b) All of these.
(c) Loss of objectivity.
(d) A tendency to experience mild hallucinations.

11. What is a common occurrence regarding psilocybin intoxication?
(a) Spontaneous outbursts of poetry.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

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

13. What goddess did the Paleolithic cult worship?
(a) The Great Wise Goddess.
(b) The Great Mother Goddess.
(c) The Great Winged Goddess.
(d) The Great Horned Goddess.

14. Why would mushrooms have been especially noticeable on the African grasslands?
(a) Their inviting smell.
(b) All of these.
(c) None of these.
(d) Their colors would have been intriguing.

15. Why didn't the author settle for the ayahuasca in the marketplace?
(a) Those who prepared it were charlatans.
(b) He thought that the market place stuff would make him sick.
(c) The stuff sold was fake.
(d) There was no spiritual experience in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to an individual in a state of ecstasy, according to Gordon Wasson?

2. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?

3. "Shamanic ecstasy is is an act of _______..."?

4. What does science fail to do?

5. Where do the most powerful mutagens occur naturally?

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