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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 Kerry Thornley come to believe about the Discordians?

2. What gave credence to conspiracy theories in 1974?

3. What did Nikola Tesla see in his final mystic vision?

4. Who first suggested the Law of Octaves?

5. What happens when the 5th circuit is activated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Paul Segall conclude makes immortality possible in his view?

2. How did Timothy Leary help Wilson endure the death of his daughter Luna?

3. To what does Wilson attribute the "miracle" of real communication with his adolescent children?

4. What do the four brain circuits have in common that has dominated Western thought?

5. Which paranormal phenomena does Wilson believe can be accounted for within the possibilities of quantum theory?

6. What effect did poverty have on Wilson's understanding?

7. What is superluminal information?

8. How does Timothy Leary describe the emotional circuit of the brain?

9. Who was Dr. John Dee?

10. What theory does Dr. Paul Segall believe he was first to develop that is now used by numbers of investigators?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Wilson mean when he says that research into the occult eventually leads into "Chapel Perilous?" Using quotations and examples from the text, explain the concept of Chapel Perilous, and what happens to an individual who goes there.

Essay Topic 2

Nikolas Tesla is referred to as a "secular seer" by Wilson. What does the author mean by this title? What was unusual about Tesla and his contribution to science?

Essay Topic 3

Wilson quotes the philosopher Santayana as saying we are much better at believing than we are at seeing. Explain this statement and support or refute it with examples from the text.

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