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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 53-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Discordians espouse in place of dogmas?
(a) Catmas.
(b) Mousemas.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Michaelmas.

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

3. What is a Satori?
(a) A Zen master.
(b) An unusually large ocean wave.
(c) A Hindu ashram.
(d) A moment of enlightenment.

4. What did African tribesmen know about Sirius before scientists had telescopes?
(a) That Sirius is also called the Dog Star.
(b) That one can wish upon Sirius.
(c) That Sirius is a double star.
(d) That Sirius is the brightest of visible stars.

5. What is QUIP?
(a) The Quietly Investigating Paradigm.
(b) The Quick Irradiating Principle.
(c) The Quantum Inseparability Principle.
(d) The Querulous Invisibility Principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Babylonian myth, how did Ishtar have to enter Eternity?

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

3. When does Robert K.G. Temple believe Earth was first visited by an advanced race?

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

5. Why does the author ban the word "I" from his conversation for one week?

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