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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 27-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson contend the War on Drugs brought about?
(a) An increase in drug trafficking.
(b) An increase in curiosity about drugs.
(c) An increase in public awareness of drug use.
(d) An increase in crime and mental illness.

2. Which of Wilson's 24 selves has veto power over all the others?
(a) The Shaman.
(b) The Wizard.
(c) The Skeptic.
(d) The Editor.

3. What Nobel laureate developed the idea of multiple models in sub-atomic physics?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Carl Sagan.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Marshall McLuhan.

4. What drug did Wilson say led him to Hedonic Gratification?
(a) PCP.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Peyote.
(d) LSD.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What number does Wilson believe has "enigmatic" significance?

2. What does the author believe Timothy Leary would regard as the greatest "epistemological sin"?

3. Who coined the term "metaprogramming substances" for mind-altering drugs?

4. What did African tribesmen know about Sirius before scientists had telescopes?

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

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