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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 does Crowley assert is all that can be proven in Chapter 45?

2. Crowley harshly condemns talkative people and instead advises them to do what?

3. Crowley writes that in Tarot the Devil card represents what?

4. What represents different stages of Crowley's cosmology in Chapter 76?

5. The workers in Chapter 54 are told by travelers that The Word is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Crowley's conclusion in "Phaeton" regarding the horse?

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

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

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

5. What does Crowley write of his love for Laylah in "The Drooping Sunflower"?

6. Discuss the ritual of the "Mass of the Phoenix."

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

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

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

10. Describe Crowley's equation of creation and destruction in "The Fool's Knot."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the hexagram and the pentagram. Where are these discussed in the book and how are they represented numerologically? How does Crowley describe the symbolic significance of each?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the name Frater Perdurabo and The Golden Dawn. What is this organization and how is Crowley associated with it? What does the name mean in Latin?

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