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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which science was to advance our knowledge of hallucinogenics?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Botany.

2. Who had the ability to convey the visionary power of opium?
(a) Thomas De Quincey.
(b) Timothy Leary.
(c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(d) Piranesi.

3. What often went hand in hand with alcohol?
(a) Anger.
(b) All of these.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Violence.

4. What treaty legalized opium traffic in China?
(a) Treaty of Tentsin.
(b) Treaty of Tientsin.
(c) Treaty of Telentsin.
(d) Treaty of Tentsin.

5. What supports the theory that the Eleusinian drink was ergotized beer?
(a) At the Eleusis festival, grain was very important.
(b) All of these.
(c) Ergot is a source of powerful alkaloids that can cause hallucinations.
(d) Sir Arthur Evans unearthed vessels adorned with ears of barley.

6. Who could claim the dubious distinction of introducing slavery into the new world?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The Spanish.

7. What had caused the abandonment of Catal Huyuk?
(a) Drought.
(b) Disease.
(c) Fires.
(d) All of these.

8. Why is the legalization of marijuana a complex issue?
(a) It might cause people to challenge authority more.
(b) It creates a lack of fear in the government and social establishments.
(c) It might cause people to address ego dominant values and even change them.
(d) It might cause people to rise up in the face of injustice.

9. What ended the glorification of nature and the planet as supreme spiritual forces?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) The rise of Christianity.
(c) Both of these.
(d) The rise of Catholicism.

10. "Wife beating without alcohol is like _______?"
(a) "a circus without lions."
(b) "a haunted house without ghosts."
(c) "beer without hops."
(d) "a circus without clowns."

11. What did the sugar craze promote and cause to further promote itself?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) All of these.
(d) Tea.

12. Who was histories first death from opium overdose?
(a) Avincina.
(b) Avarcinna.
(c) Avarcinta.
(d) Avicenna.

13. What was the preferred method of Cannabis imbibing?
(a) All of these.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Tea.

14. What kind of substance is honey?
(a) Purifying.
(b) All of these.
(c) Preserving.
(d) Magical.

15. What group had proven itself unable to resist involvement in the world narcotics trade?
(a) All of these.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The French secret service.
(d) Opus Dei.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day was tobacco first introduced into Europe?

2. Who publicly wrote the Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide?

3. Where is Cannabis native to?

4. How did Leary and Schultes compare?

5. What was the first synthetic drug?

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