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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. What is inside the paddock with the horse in Chapter 53?
(a) A snake.
(b) A toad.
(c) A swan.
(d) A maiden.

2. What series of Yogic positions does Crowley cite in Chapter 73?
(a) Asana.
(b) Asanta.
(c) Hasana.
(d) Viritnsa.

3. Crowley asserts in Chapter 57 that the Rose is useless without what?
(a) Love.
(b) The Cross.
(c) Blood.
(d) A woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crowley say is Laylah's number?

2. What does the Lily represent which takes in the dying man?

3. What word does Crowley ascribe to the individual soul?

4. What does Crowley say is Allah's number?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What symbols does Crowley use in "Plover's Eggs"? What do they represent?

4. What does Crowley write of THE GREAT WORK in "The Bull Baiting"?

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

6. How does Crowley relate restaurants and sex in "Constancy"?

7. Describe Crowley's Buddhist influences in "Buttons and Rosettes." How does his philosophy differ from Buddhist principles here?

8. Who dies in "Sic Transeat"? How is this symbolic?

9. What is the Wheel of Samsara? What other wheels does Crowley describe in "Wheel and -- Whoa!"?

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

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