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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Discordian mystic sign?

2. Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe believed to be?

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

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

5. What is the basic Discordian sociological law?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the rules for the Socratic approach in Discordianism?

2. Why does Wilson believe that immortality is an actual physical possibility for human beings?

3. What are the two meta-models Wilson suggests to account for all of his data?

4. What does Wilson note may be the final secret of the Illuminati?

5. Does the philosopher Santayana believe that humans are better at seeing or believing?

6. What faculty did Wilson develop while doing a Tarot card divination for his daughter Karuna?

7. What does Timothy Leary believe is the purpose of the higher neurological circuits that are turned on by use of psychedelic drugs?

8. How does one achieve Discordian enlightenment?

9. What effect did research into the Bavarian Illuminati have on Wilson's life?

10. What three factors does Timothy Leary claim are essential to experimentation with psychedelic drugs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Wilson's statement, "Belief is the death of intelligence." Include quotations from the text, such as, "The more one believes, the less there is to think about." Do you agree or disagree that belief prevents thought? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Wilson describes himself as an agnostic, declaring in capital letters, "I do not believe anything!" In your opinion, is it possible to believe nothing at all? Support your opinion with examples from the text, including the Copenhagen Interpretation.

Essay Topic 3

A reliable narrator is one whose account of events can be believed. Would you characterize Wilson as a reliable narrator? Use examples from the text to show which of Wilson's unusual experiences seem to you to be believable or unbelievable.

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