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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 53-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does psychiatrist R.D. Laing believe is the principle cause of psychotic breakdowns?
(a) Lack of information.
(b) Disinformation.
(c) Misinformation.
(d) Information overload.

2. What phenomenon did Freud call "projection?"
(a) Attributing our characteristics to others.
(b) Sending telepathic messages.
(c) Seeing what we expect to see.
(d) Sending our essence into the void.

3. What does the author believe Timothy Leary would regard as the greatest "epistemological sin"?
(a) Speculating beyond the data.
(b) Failing to understand the data.
(c) Disclosing the data.
(d) Falsifying the data.

4. What did Dr. Wilhelm Reich teach was Public Health Problem Number One?
(a) Obesity.
(b) Unmonitored drug use.
(c) Karmic coincidences.
(d) Sexual repression.

5. What is a synchronicity?
(a) A lucky coincidence.
(b) An energy crossroads.
(c) An unexpected visitor.
(d) A gateway to another dimension.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author ban the word "I" from his conversation for one week?

2. What Jungian archetype is seen in leprechauns, Peter Pan, and Mr. Spock?

3. What percentage of prisoners in Timothy Leary's rehabilitation project were able to stay out of prison?

4. What did Joseph Simonton claim to receive from an extraterrestrial?

5. Why was Timothy Leary fired from teaching at Harvard?

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