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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dictum of Yeats did the author come to understand?
(a) "Man has created woman."
(b) "Man has created God."
(c) "Man has created himself."
(d) "Man has created death."

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

3. What does the Book of the Law say is "the whole of the law"?
(a) "Do what thou wilt."
(b) "Keep the commandments."
(c) "Obey the gods."
(d) "If it feels good, do it."

4. In the Babylonian myth, how did Ishtar have to enter Eternity?
(a) Carefully.
(b) Naked.
(c) In royal purple.
(d) Through fiery gates.

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

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

7. What does the author learn from giving divinations with Tarot cards?
(a) It is easy to deceive those who are most skeptical.
(b) It is difficult to deceive those who are pure in heart.
(c) It is easy to deceive those who want to believe.
(d) It is impossible to deceive the honest in heart.

8. What is the Discordian mystic sign?
(a) The two-finger V.
(b) Thumbs up.
(c) The extended middle finger.
(d) Crossed fingers.

9. What are "Dog Days"?
(a) September 8 to October 31.
(b) July 23 to September 8.
(c) Days of excessive heat.
(d) Indian summer days.

10. What phenomenon did Freud call "projection?"
(a) Seeing what we expect to see.
(b) Sending telepathic messages.
(c) Sending our essence into the void.
(d) Attributing our characteristics to others.

11. Why does Timothy Leary say the prison administration is like a Van Allen belt?
(a) They protect his personal safety.
(b) They protect his privacy.
(c) They protect his working time.
(d) They protect him from paparazzi.

12. 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.

13. What does Timothy Leary believe should replace the model of psychologist and patient?
(a) Adept and client.
(b) Research team.
(c) Salesperson and customer.
(d) Guru and apprentice.

14. What constellation contains the dog star Sirius?
(a) Gemini.
(b) Ursa Major.
(c) Orion.
(d) Phoenix.

15. What is the Socratic approach to Discordian evangelism?
(a) Using figurative symbolism.
(b) Starting an argument by asking questions.
(c) Making blind assertions.
(d) Using fear and intimidation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joseph Simonton claim to receive from an extraterrestrial?

2. What is a Satori?

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

4. From what does yoga free the mind?

5. Where do the Starseed Transmissions suggest humans turn to survive?

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