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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 blood sacrifice ritual of the Angel and the Abyss, the magician makes a number of invocations and cuts a symbol into what?
(a) His arm.
(b) His face.
(c) His leg.
(d) His chest.

2. Crowley asserts in Chapter 60 that the best men in England are what?
(a) Whores.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Politicians.

3. Crowley writes that in Tarot the Devil card represents what?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Death.
(d) Materialism.

4. The second wheel Crowley mentions in Chapter 78 is that of the Law or what?
(a) Dhamma.
(b) Karma.
(c) Hirinu.
(d) The Word.

5. Where has the man in Chapter 55 spent all of his money on a trip with his love?
(a) Monte Carlo.
(b) New York.
(c) Australia.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The travelers cross the universe amidst how many seas?

4. What is a traveler from the Great Sea in the desert and is also represented by the camel?

5. What number is Chapter 54 preoccupied with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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