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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. Chapter 53 describes a man attempting to find water using what?

2. The completion of what will be the destruction of all things?

3. Crowley writes that only the Wheel of the ____ explains cause and effect and shows man the Path.

4. What does Crowley write is just a game in Chapter 72?

5. Crowley writes that while faith dies quickly, ____ seems to stay perpetually young.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Crowley alluding to within "The Duck-Billed Platypus" in describing the Rose?

2. How does Crowley comfort himself in "Sodom-Apples"? What is his conclusion in this parable?

3. What does Crowley write of life and death in "Mulberry Tops"?

4. What does Crowley indicate about light in the ritual of "Twig?"

5. How does Crowley view Laylah in relation to God in "The Praying Mantis"?

6. What metaphor does Crowley use for the mind in "Dust-Devils"? How may this be interpreted?

7. What does Crowley write of the Chinese octave in Chapter 44? What is his meaning?

8. What number is prominent in Chapter 54? What is this parable about?

9. How does Crowley describe certainty and doubt in "Terrier Work"?

10. What joke does Crowley make in the end of "Windmill Words"? What does this indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the overarching themes of language's inability to adequately communicate thought and feeling and contradiction. What symbols and metaphors does the author use to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. What symbols are used in this ritual and what are they representative of?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of "The Book of Lies", Aleister Crowley. What are significant influences on Crowley's life? What education did he receive? What influences affected his theology?

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