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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. In the tenth chapter, Crowley informs the reader that while ______ may appear to have some logical structure, this is just an illusion.
(a) The Abyss.
(b) The Heaven.
(c) Love.
(d) God.

2. How many separate triads are used to explain the creation of the universe in Chapter 0?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. What term was a popular phrase in early twentieth century America, which meant something like "get out while the getting is good?"
(a) Ta-ta.
(b) Giddyup.
(c) 23 Skidoo.
(d) Ciauo.

4. What is the name of the Swan in Chapter 17?
(a) Horus.
(b) Pan.
(c) Ecstacy.
(d) Beauty.

5. What is the title of the fourth chapter?
(a) The Oyster.
(b) The One.
(c) Peaches.
(d) The Battle of the Ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, the ashes of the spheres were burnt by the _____ and transformed back into the Word.

2. In Chapter 33, what is the name of the Christian military order in the Middle Ages?

3. The god Horus is a god of what ancient culture?

4. Which character does Crowley use to refer to himself in the text?

5. Crowley writes in Chapter 40 that all things reflect only what they are not and so appear to be their _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crowley suggest man's relationship with God be in "The Blind Webster"?

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

3. Where does Crowley associate disease in "Steeped Horsehair"? Where is man's potential?

4. When does Crowley describe making love to Laylah in "The Southern Cross"? What is this symbolic of?

5. What is the Gun-Barrel symbolic of?

6. What is Crawley's message to the reader in "The Swan"?

7. Describe Crowley's meaning in his analogy of dreams to consciousness in Chapter 30.

8. What does Crowley write of the Knights Templar?

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

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

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