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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 Feminine referred to in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 0, Crowley describes that God created both knowledge and what?

3. What is the third chapter dedicated to?

4. What does Crowley write conquers desire and surrenders his individualism to act as "an hollow tube to bring down Fire from Heaven"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Oyster represent and what is Crowley's meaning in this chapter?

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

3. Describe Crowley's use of numerology in "The Elephant and the Tortoise."

4. Discuss the Buddhist principles that Crowley introduces in "Pilgrim Talk."

5. What is the Gun-Barrel symbolic of?

6. What does Crowley write of the Knights Templar?

7. Describe the Masters of the Temple from Chapter 7. Who are these figures and what does Crowley write of them?

8. Describe the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

9. In "Onion Peelings," what does Crowley assert about tragedy and comedy?

10. What does the figure of Laylah represent to Crowley? What is written of her in "The Pole Star"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the chapters "The Oyster" and "Peaches." What subject and themes do these chapters share? How do they differ? What does Crowley express about the feminine in these chapters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Crowley's depiction of women in "The Book of Lies". How does the author contradict himself in his depictions of women? Describe the women who are illustrated in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of OUR LADY OF BABYLON in "The Book of Lies". Who is this an allusion to in the Holy Bible? Why does Crowley reference her here?

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