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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. Who communicated with Aleister Crowley's wife Rose via extrasensory perception?

2. What professional group does Timothy Leary say has experienced mystical spiritual experiences?

3. What is the Socratic approach to Discordian evangelism?

4. What constellation contains the dog star Sirius?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What mistreatment of Dr. Wilhelm Reich left Wilson suspicious of the U.S. government?

4. How does Wilson evaluate the California Medical Facility in Vacaville where Timothy Leary was imprisoned?

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

6. What are the different forms taken by Mescalito in different myth systems?

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

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

9. What are the three submodels for Bell's Theorem that all things are indivisible?

10. What does Wilson consider to have been Aleister Crowley's major achievement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson contends that the War on Drugs has led to more unregulated drug use and actually created hazardous situations rather than protecting people from dangerous drugs. Support or refute his argument with facts from the text and your own research.

Essay Topic 2

Select one of the experts quoted most often in this book: Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley, Carlos Castaneda, Aldous Huxley, Neils Bohr, Marshal McLuhan, etc. Research that person's writing to write a further analysis of his contribution to paranormal research.

Essay Topic 3

Timothy Leary was once designated "the most dangerous man in America." Do you agree with that designation? Support your thesis with examples from your own research about Leary's effect on U.S. society, as well as from the text.

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