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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 does Wilson contend the War on Drugs brought about?

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

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

4. What three factors does Timothy Leary believe are critical to correct use of mind-altering drugs?

5. What does the name "AFFA," given by purported extraterrestrials, mean in "Angelic," a Cabalistic language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilson claim a person would have to do to refuse to believe in telepathy?

2. What was Aleister Crowley's Book of the Law?

3. What is the difference of opinion between those who are friends of Timothy Leary and those who are his enemies?

4. 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?

5. What value does Timothy Leary teach LSD can achieve for mankind?

6. What are the dog days?

7. What is the Discordian Law of Fives?

8. According to Wilson's interpretation of Sufi teaching, when is the moment you are closer to Illumination than at any other time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Various organizations throughout history have claimed the title of Illuminati. Write a persuasive essay outlining whether you do or do not believe that such an organization is active in world politics today.

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