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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place on Hawaii does Pila believe is a threshold to a space-time continuum?
(a) South Point.
(b) Honolulu.
(c) Oahu.
(d) Easter Island.

2. The Egyptologist of Chapter 6 claims that there were images of what in the pyramids of the Nile?
(a) Future cities.
(b) Extraterrestrials.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Saturn.

3. What is a Hawaiian word for veranda?
(a) Lanai.
(b) Mana.
(c) Lei.
(d) Hana.

4. There is a trail on what coast where Pila had many mystical experiences?
(a) Ino.
(b) Oahu.
(c) Honolulu.
(d) Napali.

5. Who were a group of the remaining Children of the Rainbow known as the sensitives?
(a) The Essenes.
(b) The Literati.
(c) The Maggi.
(d) The Therapeuti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pila refer to his journey of the mind as?

2. What did the former Harvard professor promise to show Pila in Chapter 6?

3. What is the blue of the sky associated with, according to Pila?

4. Who did Pila think might have had a clue into the root of his problems the past 20 years in Chapter 3?

5. Who is a former Harvard professor who retired in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Oahu and how does Pila describe it in the journey of the Paradise of Self?

2. What is the purpose of the chant in Chapter 7?

3. How does Pila explain the symbolism of the volcano in Hawaiian theology in Chapter 7?

4. What are chakras and how does Pila describe them in the text?

5. What associations between the Great Pyramids and Hawaiian volcanoes does Pila make in Chapter 6? Who does he speak with?

6. What does Pila write of the Hawaiian language?

7. How did Pila begin to learn about Hawaiian culture and mythology in Chapter 2?

8. What does Pila write about the state of the world and society in Chapter 1?

9. Describe the Kingdom of Le Muria, as depicted by Pila in Chapter 2.

10. Describe Oceanview, Hawaii. What phenomena can be seen here?

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