Valis Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Valis Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject did Edward Hussey teach?
(a) Ancient Greek history.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Ancient philosophy.

2. Who said "the nature of things is in habit of concealing itself."?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hussey.
(c) Heraclitus.
(d) Hegel.

3. Why do the psychologists want to hold Fat for fourteen days?
(a) He is too weak to walk.
(b) His friends are all on holiday.
(c) He has nowhere to go.
(d) He is a danger to himself.

4. Which of the following is a term the author remembers using in the Sixties and Seventies?
(a) Wham bam thank you mam.
(b) Far out.
(c) Totally spaced.
(d) Kicking.

5. Who does Fat recognize as his dream wife?
(a) Sherri.
(b) His mother.
(c) Glora.
(d) Beth.

6. What does koine mean in Greek?
(a) Posh.
(b) Common.
(c) Fun.
(d) Pigeon.

7. What kind of drugs did Stephanie refuse to sell?
(a) Natural drugs.
(b) Psychedelics.
(c) Pharmacy drugs.
(d) Downers.

8. What author does David like to quote?
(a) Albert Camus.
(b) J.R. Tolkien.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Stephen King.

9. Who does Stone say Fat is the authority on?
(a) Samael.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Plato.
(d) Nag Hammadi.

10. What reason does Horse Lover Fat give Gloria for not killing herself?
(a) It would have a bad effect on him.
(b) Life gets better.
(c) She has so much to look forward to.
(d) She doesn't believe there is a heaven.

11. What language did Fat claim to have prayed in when he was on LSD?
(a) Latin.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) German.

12. For what reason does the author state Gloria killed herself?
(a) For a joke.
(b) To make a point.
(c) For something to do.
(d) For nihilism.

13. Who built the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Cornford.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Plato.

14. Why did Bob say he took no action against Synanon?
(a) They were too powerful.
(b) It would have cost too much.
(c) He felt sorry for them.
(d) They were willing to settle out of court.

15. Which famous psychologist talked about phylogenic memory?
(a) Freud.
(b) Jung.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Fat's friends owned a cat?

2. What does Kevin say is wrong with God?

3. What does Fat forget how to do?

4. Which of the following drugs does Fat take in attempt to kill himself?

5. What did Horselover Fat claim slumbered inside his ceramic pot?

(see the answer keys)

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