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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 221-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the common name for the first neural circuit?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Ego.
(d) Id.

2. What does the author come to believe is present in all things, living and non-living?
(a) The elements of the star Sirius.
(b) Superhuman intelligence.
(c) The elements of matter.
(d) A planet-wide consciousness.

3. What does Dr. Paul Segall define as a stochastic process?
(a) The pre-programmed evolution toward death.
(b) The cryonic preservation of selected people.
(c) The preservation of selected cells.
(d) The random decay of random cells.

4. Who did the Bavarian Illuminati intend to overthrow?
(a) The American president and the Pope.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The kings of Europe and the Pope.
(d) The kings of Europe and the American president.

5. Why does Wilson suffer from a bad leg?
(a) He has a psychosomatic paralysis.
(b) He lacks what Sufis call the will to walk.
(c) He had polio as a child.
(d) He has sciatica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group has been studied by Robert Temple about their knowledge of Sirius?

2. How does Wilson define objectivity?

3. Why does Wilson become involved with witches?

4. What constellation contains the dog star Sirius?

5. What does psychiatrist R.D. Laing believe is the principle cause of psychotic breakdowns?

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