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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 would separate the psychoactive alkaloids from those that are deadly in ergotized grain?

2. What did the Maya use cacao beans for?

3. What was the difference between the tobacco of the Classical Maya and that of which was distributed in Europe?

4. What was made by Raymond Lully?

5. Who was famed to be the father of chemotherapy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why aren't the positive effects of marijuana usage reported in America from scientists?

2. In what ways is alcohol a problem for society?

3. What motifs of a barely remembered mushroom cult are evident in the story of Glaukos?

4. What is the reasonable course of action regarding substance use?

5. What are some main issues regarding sugar addiction? What about production?

6. How could Glaukos represent the Stropharia cubensis mushroom?

7. What was indicative of an influx in feminine values?

8. In what areas were promising results revealed in LSD medicine?

9. Why is watching television comparable to narcotic addiction? What properties support this? How might it be worse?

10. Why do international intelligence agencies need to propagate narcotics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the current state of drug control. Do you think the model of regulation is effective? Why or why not? What should the government do about the 'drug problem' in America? Do you think McKenna was on the right track when he said that drugs should be legalized? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What kinds of suggestions did McKenna make that offers the potential to reshape the way people look at their environment? How could this disrupt the current way of life? Would this be a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion? Why do you hold this position?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ten points of McKenna's master plan in renewing the Archaic Paradise. Does this seem in theory like a good plan? Why or why not? How are some of these easier to implement then others? What would be the most difficult and why? What would be the easiest? Explain your answers thoroughly.

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