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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Crowley says that the goal of the book is to explain snow to residents of where?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Andaman.
(d) China.

2. Which character does Crowley use to refer to himself in the text?
(a) Frater Perdurabo.
(b) Nuit.
(c) Pan.
(d) Roth-Kapoor.

3. What is the name of the first triad in Chapter 0?
(a) Ante Triad.
(b) Ante Primal Triad.
(c) Proto Primal Triad.
(d) Primal Triad.

4. Who says that the universe is actually a joke in Chapter 14?
(a) Laylah.
(b) Buddha.
(c) God.
(d) Frater Perdurabo.

5. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Battle of the Ants.
(b) Caviar.
(c) The Oyster.
(d) Peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Crowley prays to Horus to take away the concept of what in Chapter 2?

2. Crowley indicates that Chapter 38 is only comprehensible to whom?

3. Which belief holds that existence is suffering?

4. In the nineteenth chapter, Crowley presents the reader with the parable of The Leopard and the what?

5. What does Crowley suggest we seek to kill every day in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the Buddhist principles that Crowley introduces in "Pilgrim Talk."

2. Describe the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

3. What does Crowley question of the feminine energy in "Peaches"? What is his conclusion?

4. Describe the Masters of the Temple from Chapter 7. Who are these figures and what does Crowley write of them?

5. What does Crowley write of the Knights Templar?

6. How does Crowley equate love with death in "The Stag-Beetle"?

7. What does Crowley write of Daath, the sephirot, and Tiphareth?

8. What numerological statement does Crowley assert in "The Dragon-Flies"? What is his meaning with this number?

9. What are the four triads Crowley uses to set forth his theory of the universe's creation?

10. What is Crowley's position on disease in "The Mountaineer"?

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