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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. When does Robert K.G. Temple believe Earth was first visited by an advanced race?

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

3. What is the basic Discordian sociological law?

4. What personage appears to most children contacted by extraterrestrials?

5. What are "Dog Days"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reason does Wilson postulate for the public ignoring scientists' reports of extraterrestrial communication?

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

5. What are the dog days?

6. What example does Wilson give of what Freud calls "projection"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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