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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. How many scientists does Saul Paul Sirag claim have received extraterrestrial communication?
2. What is the Discordian mystic sign?
3. Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe believed to be?
4. What is the slogan of the cryologists?
5. What does the author regard as Aleister Crowley's major achievement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused Wilson to begin to suspect that Our Lady of Guadalupe, identified as the Virgin Mary, was the same person as Nuit, the Egyptian goddess of the stars?
2. What three factors does Timothy Leary claim are essential to experimentation with psychedelic drugs?
3. What does Wilson consider to have been Aleister Crowley's major achievement?
4. How does one achieve Discordian enlightenment?
5. What mistreatment of Dr. Wilhelm Reich left Wilson suspicious of the U.S. government?
6. Does the philosopher Santayana believe that humans are better at seeing or believing?
7. What reason does Wilson postulate for the public ignoring scientists' reports of extraterrestrial communication?
8. What are the two meta-models Wilson suggests to account for all of his data?
9. What is the difference of opinion between those who are friends of Timothy Leary and those who are his enemies?
10. Why does Timothy Leary claim in a letter to be pleased with the prison administration?
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
Timothy Leary is quoted by Wilson as quoting Haeckel's saying that "ontology recapitulates phylogeny." The individual's development repeats, step-by-step, the evolution of the species. In your essay, analyze and explain this idea.
Essay Topic 3
Select one of the mythic characters discussed by Wilson, such as Ishtar, Nuit, or Horus. Research what has been written about them and explain why Wilson believes these myths have importance for understanding our own situation in the world.
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