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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, in universities ______ was blamed for America's stark polarization during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) High technology.
(d) Communism.

2. Whom does the author say Hal Puthoff looked like?
(a) Mickey Rooney.
(b) Mickey Mantle.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) Mickey Hart.

3. What year did Fritz-Albert Popp think he had found a cure for cancer?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

4. Who was the editor of Nature Magazine when Jacques Benveniste's article was published?
(a) George Conley.
(b) Alex Romero.
(c) John Maddox.
(d) Ari Sengupta.

5. What was Walter Stewart called as part of the group of people that the editor of Nature Magazine dubbed?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A quackbuster.
(d) A psychic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Karl Pribram read about the exploits of Admiral Byrd navigating _____ when he was a child.

2. In classical physics, the experimenter was considered a _____.

3. Like with _____, certain people seemed to be able to harness the effects of the Zero Point Field more effectively than others.

4. _____ had no meaning in isolation but could only be understood in their relationships.

5. What was Robert Jahn's reason for returning to Princeton and joining the aeronautical engineering department in the early 1960's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was quantum theory so hard to prove?

2. Why does the author say the the French had not been well-represented in the field of science?

3. Who was Jean Fourier? What influence did his work have on Dennis Gabor?

4. What did Giuliano Preparata and Emilio Del Giudice try to explain? How did they do this?

5. What was Edgar Mitchell's concept of a unified theory of mind and matter?

6. What was Louis de Broglie's thought experiment that carried quantum theory to its logical conclusion?

7. What is the theory of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship?

8. What did President Nixon urge Americans to do to stave off some of the effects of the oil crisis?

9. Why does the author characterize Ed Mitchell as a truth seeker?

10. How did Karl Pribram theorize that human beings observe the world?

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