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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 183-196.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Aleister Crowley, what is the purpose of "physiological experiments" in Western occultism?
(a) To calm the nervous system.
(b) To empty the mind.
(c) To awaken the third eye.
(d) To jolt the nervous system into new neurological circuits.

3. What group has been studied by Robert Temple about their knowledge of Sirius?
(a) The Berkeleyans.
(b) The Babylonians.
(c) The Dogon tribe.
(d) The Egyptians.

4. What three factors does Timothy Leary believe are critical to correct use of mind-altering drugs?
(a) Time, place, and patient.
(b) Personality, DNA, and setting.
(c) Ambiance, companions, and dosage.
(d) Dosage, set, and setting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what was Timothy Leary arrested and imprisoned, according to the author?

3. What fact does Nuit say is actually a lie?

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

5. Whose work does Timothy Leary tell the author he was hoping to complete?

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