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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of Chapter 7?
2. In the word OUT, "O" represents nothing or a void, while "T" signifies a phallus, and "UT" represents what?
3. The Gun-Barrel is both a reference to the will and the what?
4. Chapter 26 reveals Jehovah to be represented as the ____.
5. Crowley says that the goal of the book is to explain snow to residents of where?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Crowley equate love with death in "The Stag-Beetle"?
2. What is the Gun-Barrel symbolic of?
3. When does Crowley describe making love to Laylah in "The Southern Cross"? What is this symbolic of?
4. What are the four triads Crowley uses to set forth his theory of the universe's creation?
5. How is Crowley's depiction of God different in "The Smoking Dog" than in previous chapters?
6. What does the figure of Laylah represent to Crowley? What is written of her in "The Pole Star"?
7. What is Crawley's message to the reader in "The Swan"?
8. How does Chapter 27 relate to Chapter 15? What story does Crowley tell in "The Sorcerer"?
9. What does Crowley question of the feminine energy in "Peaches"? What is his conclusion?
10. What does Crowley write of Horus in "The Cry of the Hawk"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Crowley's position of the ego and the will. How does Crowley use metaphor to express his teachings on these subjects? What does the author associate the ego with and what influences impacted his vision?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author of "The Book of Lies", Aleister Crowley. What are significant influences on Crowley's life? What education did he receive? What influences affected his theology?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the figure of Laylah in "The Book of Lies". Who is this figure based on in real-life? What is her significance thematically in the text?
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