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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. The author calls Robert Goddard the father of American _____.

2. _____ had no meaning in isolation but could only be understood in their relationships.

3. Who was the previous countryman Jacques Benveniste is compared to in the book?

4. Where was Niels Bohr born?

5. Church's Fried Chicken was the _____ answer to Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was quantum theory so hard to prove?

2. How did a particular woman in Jacques Benveniste's lab affect the results of his experiments?

3. According to the author, how do photons switch on the body's processes?

4. How did Ed Mitchell experiment with ESP on the way back to the moon?

5. How does the author describe the moon, according to Ed Mitchell's eyewitness view of it?

6. What is the uncertainty principle?

7. Why does the author characterize Bill Church as a loose cannon?

8. What was the Copenhagen interpretation? Why was it named this?

9. What did President Nixon urge Americans to do to stave off some of the effects of the oil crisis?

10. How do geneticists look at cell differentiation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Karl Pribram's studies on brain activity. How did the metaphor of the hologram apply to his findings?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the purpose of the meeting at the University of Sussex in January, 2001. Who attended the meeting? What did they discuss? What basic tenets of science had seemingly changed in recent years? How had they changed?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of dreams to the the Achuar and Huaorai Indians of rain forests of the Amazon. How does this differ from the role of dreams in Western society?

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