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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 126-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Timothy Leary say the prison administration is like a Van Allen belt?
(a) They protect his privacy.
(b) They protect him from paparazzi.
(c) They protect his working time.
(d) They protect his personal safety.

3. Who founded the religion of Discordianism?
(a) Alan Watts.
(b) Aldous Huxley.
(c) Kerry Thornley.
(d) Robert Anton Wilson.

4. What does Dr. Paul Segall define as a stochastic process?
(a) The random decay of random cells.
(b) The cryonic preservation of selected people.
(c) The preservation of selected cells.
(d) The pre-programmed evolution toward death.

5. What did Nikola Tesla see in his final mystic vision?
(a) The universe is based on the number twenty-three.
(b) The universe obeys the law of fives.
(c) The universe obeys the law of octaves.
(d) The universe is founded on the number 666.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Timothy Leary's principle of neurological relativism?

2. What is the first law of Discordianism?

3. What has Wilson been able to do since he began his occult explorations?

4. According to Timothy Leary, what kind of parents did Lao-Tse say were most likely to experience the Great Tao?

5. Who does the author experience as a "past life"?

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