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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual affiliations does the author learn Father Hidalgo held in San Miguel de Allende?
(a) Father Hidalgo was both a Jesuit and a Mason.
(b) Father Hidalgo was both a Jesuit and an extraterrestrial.
(c) Father Hidalgo was both a Discordian and a Jesuit.
(d) Father Hidalgo was both Mexican and American.

2. What is the Socratic approach to Discordian evangelism?
(a) Using fear and intimidation.
(b) Making blind assertions.
(c) Starting an argument by asking questions.
(d) Using figurative symbolism.

3. What is the scientific term for abrupt contradictions of one's understanding of reality?
(a) Reality adjustment.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Future shock.
(d) Cognitive dissonance.

4. Who founded the religion of Discordianism?
(a) Robert Anton Wilson.
(b) Alan Watts.
(c) Kerry Thornley.
(d) Aldous Huxley.

5. What three factors does Timothy Leary believe are critical to correct use of mind-altering drugs?
(a) Dosage, set, and setting.
(b) Time, place, and patient.
(c) Ambiance, companions, and dosage.
(d) Personality, DNA, and setting.

6. What is the basic Discordian sociological law?
(a) What goes around comes around.
(b) The imposition of order equals the escalation of chaos.
(c) All things come to those who wait.
(d) Though much is taken, much abides.

7. Why does the author ban the word "I" from his conversation for one week?
(a) To increase his interest in his fellow man.
(b) To overcome subjectivity and self-centeredness.
(c) To participate more fullly in the general consciousness.
(d) To demonstrate humility.

8. What planet did both a West Virginia salesman and a Washington, D.C. law student independently claim had sent them a visitor?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Lanalus.
(c) Sirius.
(d) Uranus.

9. What does Brad Steiger say one must have before beginning a study of the occult?
(a) Competence in dealing with the ordinary.
(b) A healthy skepticism.
(c) An open mind.
(d) A genuine desire to be informed.

10. What does the "Immortalist Underground" believe?
(a) Extending life is improper.
(b) Humans are biodegradable.
(c) Life can be extended by as much as 20-25 years.
(d) Death is unnecessary.

11. Why was Timothy Leary fired from teaching at Harvard?
(a) Original research on drugs and poor first amendment usage.
(b) Dispensing illegal substances to students.
(c) Advocating the violent overthrow of the government.
(d) Plagiarism.

12. Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe believed to be?
(a) Saint Brigit and the Virgin Mary.
(b) An Aztec goddess and the Egyptian goddess, Nuit.
(c) The Virgin Mary and an Aztec sky-goddess.
(d) Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary.

13. What does the author believe Timothy Leary would regard as the greatest "epistemological sin"?
(a) Falsifying the data.
(b) Failing to understand the data.
(c) Disclosing the data.
(d) Speculating beyond the data.

14. From what does yoga free the mind?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Sluggishness.
(c) Misunderstanding.
(d) Conditioned perception.

15. Who taught that normal consciousness is self-created delusion?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug did Wilson say led him to Hedonic Gratification?

2. What phenomenon does Wilson claim has been verified by thousands of researchers over a period of decades?

3. What feature distinguishes the visitor from Sirius to the Dogon tribe?

4. What message did the entity convey to the author?

5. What government building is sacred to Discordians?

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