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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 is the scientific term for stopping life processes and then restarting them?
(a) The hiatus.
(b) Recess.
(c) Suspended animation.
(d) Cryogenics.

2. What is Timothy Leary's principle of neurological relativism?
(a) On an given day, a person is either more or less intelligent than the day before.
(b) Any person is either more or less intelligent than any other.
(c) No experience can be exactly replicated.
(d) No two people have identical experiences.

3. What is Wilson's working hypothesis about his contact with "luminous beings?"
(a) They are probably Hindu adepts.
(b) They are probably angels.
(c) They are probably extraterrestrials.
(d) They are probably created by his nervous system.

4. What is the Socratic approach to Discordian evangelism?
(a) Starting an argument by asking questions.
(b) Making blind assertions.
(c) Using fear and intimidation.
(d) Using figurative symbolism.

5. Where do the Starseed Transmissions suggest humans turn to survive?
(a) University education.
(b) The dog star, sirius.
(c) Their own genetic code.
(d) Tarot card information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Wilhelm Reich teach was Public Health Problem Number One?

2. How long does Isaac Asimov claim is the cycle between the discovery of a scientific principle and its application in changing the world?

3. Who taught that normal consciousness is self-created delusion?

4. What three factors does Timothy Leary believe are critical to correct use of mind-altering drugs?

5. What does the author claim that marijuana enabled him to do?

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