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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp, 148-180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author regard as Aleister Crowley's major achievement?
(a) His notorious anti-Christian philosophy.
(b) His Nietzchean Supermanism.
(c) The synthesis of occult traditions with scientific methods.
(d) His anarcho-fascist Darwinism.

2. What planet did both a West Virginia salesman and a Washington, D.C. law student independently claim had sent them a visitor?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Sirius.
(c) Lanalus.
(d) Uranus.

3. For what was Timothy Leary arrested and imprisoned, according to the author?
(a) Owning two joints of marijuana.
(b) Publishing directions for growing marijuana.
(c) Selling two joints of marijuana.
(d) Advocating marijuana use to college students.

4. What does the "Immortalist Underground" believe?
(a) Humans are biodegradable.
(b) Extending life is improper.
(c) Death is unnecessary.
(d) Life can be extended by as much as 20-25 years.

5. What does Wilson claim is an easy step?
(a) From pain to agony.
(b) From fear to terror.
(c) From pity to self-pity.
(d) From acceptance to joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the slogan of the cryologists?

2. Who founded the religion of Discordianism?

3. What personage appears to most children contacted by extraterrestrials?

4. What does Dr. Jacques Vallee believe about extraterrestrial communication?

5. Why does Wilson say the shaman suffers more than the ordinary victim of paranoia?

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