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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. How far away is Sirius?

2. How far does Dr. Paul Segall think he will be able to extend human life?

3. How did Wilson's daughter Luna die?

4. How does Wilson claim to be able to predict people's responses to conspiracy theories?

5. What does Wilson claim everyone who gets involved with parapsychology will experience?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bell's Theorem suggest about the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky demonstration?

4. What is the Black Rite?

5. In the Mothman Prophecies, how does John Keel account for the discrepancies in the predictions?

6. What does astronomer Robert Temple learn about the African Dogon tribe that is hard to explain?

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

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

9. What is superluminal information?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson claims that the common understanding of Karma is inaccurate and simplistic. Write an informational essay in which you explain the wheel of Karma and what the common interpretation lacks. Include the example from the text in which the author's daughter was able to stop and reverse the wheel of Karma after being attacked.

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

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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