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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 portrays himself as an ____ in his desire to fight.
(a) Arbitrator.
(b) Irishman.
(c) Englishman.
(d) Imbecile.

2. What is a traveler from the Great Sea in the desert and is also represented by the camel?
(a) Our Lady Babylon.
(b) THAT.
(c) IT.
(d) V.V.V.V.V.

3. What does Crowley say is Laylah's number?
(a) 66.
(b) 7.
(c) 23.
(d) 77.

4. Crowley writes that only the Wheel of the ____ explains cause and effect and shows man the Path.
(a) Krishna.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Samsara.
(d) Taro.

5. What does Crowley write is the root of all sorrow?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Desire.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Crowley celebrates The Great Work as being what?

2. What is inside the paddock with the horse in Chapter 53?

3. The magician in Chapter 44 says, "There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: _________."

4. Crowley advises his followers to hunger for ______, so that they will never be satisfied.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Crowley's views of women, as noted in "The Dowser."

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Hindu parable of the Infinite Snake Ananta? Why does Crowley cite this story?

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

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

10. What is the process for returning to infinite nothing, as described in Chapter 74?

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