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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. Where does the author record his extrasensory experiences?

2. Who did the Bavarian Illuminati intend to overthrow?

3. What is a synchronicity?

4. What phenomenon did Freud call "projection?"

5. What government building is sacred to Discordians?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the Starseed Transmissions?

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

5. How does one achieve Discordian enlightenment?

6. What is the Discordian Law of Fives?

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In describing the concept of a self-created reality, Nietzsche said, "We are all greater artists than we realize." What does this statement mean? Do you agree that one person's reality differs from another's, or is there such a thing as an objective reality that exists independently of you and me?

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