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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe believed to be?
(a) An Aztec goddess and the Egyptian goddess, Nuit.
(b) Saint Brigit and the Virgin Mary.
(c) Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary.
(d) The Virgin Mary and an Aztec sky-goddess.

2. Who founded the religion of Discordianism?
(a) Kerry Thornley.
(b) Robert Anton Wilson.
(c) Alan Watts.
(d) Aldous Huxley.

3. What is the basic Discordian sociological law?
(a) The imposition of order equals the escalation of chaos.
(b) Though much is taken, much abides.
(c) All things come to those who wait.
(d) What goes around comes around.

4. 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) Uranus.
(d) Lanalus.

5. Why does the author ban the word "I" from his conversation for one week?
(a) To participate more fullly in the general consciousness.
(b) To overcome subjectivity and self-centeredness.
(c) To demonstrate humility.
(d) To increase his interest in his fellow man.

6. Who does the author experience as a "past life"?
(a) An Egyptian ruler.
(b) A grand master of the Bavarian Illuminati.
(c) A Babylonian prince.
(d) A Sufi priest.

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

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

9. What is Chapel Perilous?
(a) The location of the Discordian religion.
(b) A mental crossroads calling your beliefs into question.
(c) A book written by Aleister Crowley.
(d) A name for a bad drug experience.

10. What is the first law of Discordianism?
(a) To each his own reality.
(b) God is a crazy woman.
(c) Conceptualization is art, and you are the artist.
(d) Convictions cause convicts.

11. Why was Timothy Leary fired from teaching at Harvard?
(a) Plagiarism.
(b) Original research on drugs and poor first amendment usage.
(c) Advocating the violent overthrow of the government.
(d) Dispensing illegal substances to students.

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

13. What did Joseph Simonton claim to receive from an extraterrestrial?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) A trip through the atmosphere.
(d) Pancakes.

14. What did the author first learn about from Michael Horowitz?
(a) Sufism.
(b) Emperor Norton.
(c) Rasputin's teachings.
(d) Starseed transmissions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dictum of Yeats did the author come to understand?

2. What phenomenon does Wilson claim has been verified by thousands of researchers over a period of decades?

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

4. What Jungian archetype is seen in leprechauns, Peter Pan, and Mr. Spock?

5. What is a Satori?

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