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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 taught that normal consciousness is self-created delusion?

2. What are "Dog Days"?

3. What does Wilson contend the War on Drugs brought about?

4. What does Brad Steiger say one must have before beginning a study of the occult?

5. Why does Timothy Leary say the prison administration is like a Van Allen belt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Timothy Leary's introduction, he characterizes this book as an epic or an odyssey. Detail how this book qualifies as a story of a quest, using examples from the text. In what sense is Wilson a voyager, an adventurer, or a hero?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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