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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the vines used in making ayahuasca?

2. What was prominent on all images depicting the father of the Goddess?

3. Where is it likely the linguistic evolution began?

4. What do psychoactive plants allow a shaman to do?

5. What is the soul of poetic verse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the shaman a remote ancestor of the poet and the artist?

2. What are considered tools for the exploration of the human psyche? How are psychedelic shamans being considered as of recently again?

3. What did the Natufian culture bring to Palestine?

4. What two group activities acted to draw the hunter gatherer and tribal people closer together that modern civilization disdains?

5. What factor influenced the fall of the female deity as well as the separation of humans from the environment?

6. What kinds of shamanic practices lead to ecstasy?

7. What is the difference between a dominator society and a partnership society?

8. What is the twentieth century linguistic revolution based on?

9. The knowledge of what mystery was lost and what was the affect on humanity of this loss?

10. What psychological shift left European civilization at a disadvantage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss alcohol consumption. How is it one of the most prevalent substances to induce intoxication on the market? What characteristic lends it it's stability in the consumerist marketplace? What is the problem with prolonged consumption?

Essay Topic 2

McKenna makes the argument that humans are pre-programmed to search out forms of intoxication. Do you agree or disagree with this assessment? What arguments other than those of McKenna do you have to support your position?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss your regard of the book. Did it challenge the way you view society and its function? Why or why not? In what regard does it give you some new and interesting information to challenge your current perception?

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