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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 the author come to believe is present in all things, living and non-living?

2. Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe believed to be?

3. What do most members of the Earth People under Dr. Paul Segall study?

4. What is a synchronicity?

5. What feature distinguishes the visitor from Sirius to the Dogon tribe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Timothy Leary claim in a letter to be pleased with the prison administration?

3. What are the two meta-models Wilson suggests to account for all of his data?

4. How does one achieve Discordian enlightenment?

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

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

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

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

9. What are the seven factors Timothy Leary uses in comparing all human interaction to a game model?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many religions describe an enlightened state, satori, or Nirvana. In your paper, describe how you think a person would feel and think who had achieved such a condition.

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

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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