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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. For what was Timothy Leary arrested and imprisoned, according to the author?

2. What does Timothy Leary say is the message?

3. What does the author believe Timothy Leary would regard as the greatest "epistemological sin"?

4. What government building is sacred to Discordians?

5. Who imprisoned Timothy Leary after he escaped from an American prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the two meta-models Wilson suggests to account for all of his data?

3. How does Wilson evaluate the California Medical Facility in Vacaville where Timothy Leary was imprisoned?

4. What reason does Wilson postulate for the public ignoring scientists' reports of extraterrestrial communication?

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

6. What is Chapel Perilous?

7. What are the rules for the Socratic approach in Discordianism?

8. What are the three submodels for Bell's Theorem that all things are indivisible?

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

10. What does Timothy Leary believe is the purpose of the higher neurological circuits that are turned on by use of psychedelic drugs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson makes reference to Sufism throughout the book. Research the religion and explain its basic tenets in an informational essay.

Essay Topic 2

Nikolas Tesla is referred to as a "secular seer" by Wilson. What does the author mean by this title? What was unusual about Tesla and his contribution to science?

Essay Topic 3

Select one of the experts quoted most often in this book: Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley, Carlos Castaneda, Aldous Huxley, Neils Bohr, Marshal McLuhan, etc. Research that person's writing to write a further analysis of his contribution to paranormal research.

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