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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. When did cocaine and heroin become illegal in the USA?

2. What had sugar been known for centuries as?

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

4. How had the natural world come to be seen by the late Roman times?

5. Where do the 'old ways' still reside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between heroin and tobacco regarding addiction?

2. What do the governments gain in the visible suppression of morphine, heroin, and cocaine?

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

4. How did the mystery get abandoned?

5. What things occurred in the fermentation process of the grape? What happened spiritually?

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

7. What was the Old World belief regarding honeybees? Why is this of significance regarding the Partnership society?

8. What are the downsides to coffee addiction?

9. What were the first of the Europeans to outlaw tobacco? What affect did this have on consumption?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss an Archaic Revival. Does McKenna suggest that human beings should return to the dark ages? Why or why not? Does what McKenna suggests make sense and in what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss narcotic tourism. Do you think this is a practice that should be acceptable? Why or why not? Should people be allowed to consume a narcotic in another country, despite it being illegal in their home country? Defend your position with at least three main arguments and refute an argument against yours.

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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