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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 number does Wilson believe has "enigmatic" significance?

2. According to the author, his data is in direct conflict with what?

3. What unusual affiliations does the author learn Father Hidalgo held in San Miguel de Allende?

4. What is the motto of the Firesign Theatre?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the experience of Joseph Simonton typical or atypical of UFO contactees?

2. What mistreatment of Dr. Wilhelm Reich left Wilson suspicious of the U.S. government?

3. What example does Wilson give of what Freud calls "projection"?

4. What effect did research into the Bavarian Illuminati have on Wilson's life?

5. What does Wilson claim a person would have to do to refuse to believe in telepathy?

6. Why does Wilson believe that immortality is an actual physical possibility for human beings?

7. What were the Starseed Transmissions?

8. What is the difference of opinion between those who are friends of Timothy Leary and those who are his enemies?

9. What three factors does Timothy Leary claim are essential to experimentation with psychedelic drugs?

10. What are the seven factors Timothy Leary uses in comparing all human interaction to a game model?

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

Explain Wilson's statement, "Belief is the death of intelligence." Include quotations from the text, such as, "The more one believes, the less there is to think about." Do you agree or disagree that belief prevents thought? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Wilson contends that paranormal experiences can be explained as influences from other planets, influences from other times or dimensions, influences from our own brain circuitry, or some combination of those things. Which explanation do you find most convincing? Why?

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