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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the 6th circuit called?
(a) The neuroelectric circuit.
(b) The mammalian circuit.
(c) The socio-sexual circuit.
(d) The neurosomatic circuit.

3. Who wrote the Mothman Prophecies?
(a) John Keel.
(b) Robert Wilson.
(c) Don Juan Mathus.
(d) Timothy Leary.

4. What does Wilson claim everyone who gets involved with parapsychology will experience?
(a) Levitation.
(b) Precognition.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Cosmic harmony.

5. How long does Isaac Asimov claim is the cycle between the discovery of a scientific principle and its application in changing the world?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

6. What maxim of Einstein's shows his dislike of quantum mechanics?
(a) "E=MC2."
(b) "Truth is what stands the test of experience."
(c) "World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
(d) "God does not play dice."

7. What is the common name for the second neural circuit?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Id.
(c) Ego.
(d) Superego.

8. In daily speech, what is the 4th circuit known as?
(a) The regressive personality.
(b) The complete personality.
(c) The adolescent personality.
(d) The adult personality.

9. What happens when the 5th circuit is activated?
(a) Linear space and time are shut down.
(b) Linear space and time are transcended.
(c) Linear space and time are perceived as beautiful.
(d) Linear space and time are comprehended.

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

11. What does the 4th circuit introduce that the other circuits lack?
(a) Comprehension.
(b) Space.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Time.

12. What gave credence to conspiracy theories in 1974?
(a) The visits from extraterrestrials.
(b) The arrest of Joanna Leary.
(c) The Watergate breakin.
(d) The imprisonment of Timothy Leary.

13. How did Henry Adams believe technology would increase?
(a) Exponentially.
(b) Arithmetically.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Slowly.

14. What is the basic choice when operating on the 1st circuit?
(a) Right or left.
(b) Up or down.
(c) Forward or back.
(d) In or out.

15. What does Dell publishing demand of Wilson?
(a) That he add 500 pages to the Illuminatus.
(b) That he develop a sequel to the Illuminatus.
(c) That he drop references to conspiracies from the Illuminatus.
(d) That he cut 500 pages from the Illuminatus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nikola Tesla's major goal in life?

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

3. Who first suggested the Law of Octaves?

4. Why does Wilson suffer from a bad leg?

5. What does Robert K.G. Temple say is the cosmic trigger?

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