21A.344/ STS.062 Quiz 1
March 6, 2006
Your Name____________________________________
1) In a sentence or two, what does David Lenson mean by “neo-empiricist
consumerism”?
2) David Lenson gives the following genres of drug writing: clinical, pharmacological,
social/historical, fictional, confessional, recovery, mystical.
Under which heading would you put the following (you may combine categories if you
wish):
(a) Koren Zailckas
(b) Henry Wechsler
(c) Rick Doblin
(d) Michael Taussig
3) According to Schivelbusch, the drug that complemented emergent capitalism was:
a)
b)
c)
d)
cocaine
coffee
tobacco
speed
4) In a sentence or two, what is the importance of “set” and “setting” for drug use?
5) According to Becker, what are the three primary steps towards becoming a marijuana
user?
6) What, according to Adler (as described by Lenson), is the “pharmacological fallacy”
and why is it important?
7) In a sentence or two, describe how Shivelbusch uses the concept of the potlatch to
explain public drinking behavior.
8) The eighteenth amendment was repealed in
a)
b)
c)
d)
1919
1933
1939
1882
9) Which of the following statements is incorrect:
a) The WCTU was a temperance organization
b) Henry Ford supported Prohibition
c) The temperance movement favored moderation in drinking for many years
before shifting to support complete Prohibition
d) The Volstead Act allowed the sale of light beer
e) Under prohibition people were allowed to drink in private in their own
homes
10)
How does Henry Wechsler define binge drinking?
11) Which of the following statements is untrue:
f) The Camba of Bolivia routinely drink til they pass out.
g) In the Afro-Brazilian cult described by Leacock, devotees did not drink
until they were possessed by a deity.
h) The Native Americans profiled by Spicer felt deeply ambivalent about
their drinking.
i) Alcoholics Anonymous has made no inroads into Japan.
12) Name three of the twelve steps.
13) Louise Erdrich argues:
a) FAS is the price we have to pay for our freedoms
b) Pregnant women who drink to excess should be forced to have abortions
c) Pregnant women who drink to excess should be incarcerated.
14) The situation with regard to Native American use of peyote in religious rituals is as
follows:
a) For the last century the U.S. has always exempted from drug enforcement
laws legitimate religious use of otherwise controlled substances, including
peyote.
b) Since the Supreme Court decision of 1993 there has been no religious
exemption for peyote use.
c) In 1993 the Supreme Court ruled against a religious exemption for peyote use,
but Congress acted promptly to restore the right.
15) Which of the following does Barbara Myerhoff NOT argue:
a) The mara’akame is a mixture of a healer, a priest, a shaman and a musician.
b) Symbols derive their force from their ability to unite ideas and feelings.
c) When confronted with novel symbols or rituals, anthropologists should ignore
the inner logic of these symbols and rituals and ask instead what their latent
function is.
d) At the height of the Huichol pilgrimage to Wirikuta sacred time is marked by
a series of ritual reversals.
16) Timothy Leary's earliest experiments with psychedelics at Harvard focused on the
use of:
a) LSD
b) Psilocybin
c) Marijuana
d) Peyote
17) According to Barbara Myerhoff, what was the significance of the peyote-deer-maize
for the Huichol Indians?
18) The Free Speech Movement of the 1960s began in:
a) Washington DC
b) Chicago
c) Berkeley
d) Boston
19) Augustus Owsley Stanley the Third was:
a) A leader of the Free Speech Movement
b) A Harvard Professor
c) An underground chemist
d) A Beat poet
20) What was the response of British brewing firms to the growing popularity of Ecstasy?
21) In anthropology, what is functionalism?
22) In Japanese language and culture, what is a “lukewarm water situation?”
23) What is the Tot System?
24) The Batuque see alcohol consumption as:
a) A rite of passage
b) A chance to forget about their desk jobs
c) A way to commune with ancestors
d) A rite involving spirit possession
25) What percentage of college students are "binge" drinkers, according to Wechsler?
a) 25%
b) 62%
c) 44%
d) 75%
26) What was the Volstead Act?
27) Who was William Griffith Wilson?
28) Which of the following does Rick Doblin say he does not use:
a) Alcohol
b) MDMA
c) marijuana
d) LSD
29) Rick Doblin said that trials are already underway:
a) In the US to explore the therapeutic potential of LSD for rape victims
b) In Israel to explore the therapeutic potential of MDMA for post-traumatic
stress disorder victims
c) In the Netherlands to explore the potential of morning glory seeds as a
treatment for alcoholism
30) Mary Roldan argues that cocaine in Medellin has
a) Strengthened the position of the traditional elite
b) Ended social inequality between the poor and the rich
c) Led to the rise of a group of nouveau riche thugs
31) Morales argues that
a) cocaine could easily be eliminated from Peru if the U.S. increased foreign aid
by 50%
b) the Peruvian cocaine economy is isolated from that of neighboring countries
in Latin America
c) because cocaine production requires large fixed processing facilities, it should
be easy to root out
d) Peruvian peasants and others make so much from cocaine that it will be very
hard to eliminate its cultivation and production