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

2. Crowley harshly condemns talkative people and instead advises them to do what?
(a) Work.
(b) Weep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

3. Crowley compares the mind to what in Chapter 42, suggesting constant change?
(a) Wind.
(b) Earth.
(c) Fire.
(d) Water.

4. What does Crowley disgustedly refer to people as in Chapter 68?
(a) Apes.
(b) Roaches.
(c) Rats.
(d) Frogs.

5. The completion of what will be the destruction of all things?
(a) The Abyss.
(b) Apocalypse.
(c) The Great Work.
(d) The Golden Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his commentary, Crowley describes woman as being one of the what?

2. Which character rides upon a seven-headed beast and is a source of wisdom?

3. The title of Chapter 77 is much longer than the text, which consists solely of what?

4. How many different yoga positions and meditative states are listed in Chapter 47?

5. What does Crowley write was an object of worship in most early cults?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Crowley write of logic in "Hashed Pheasant"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Crowley view Laylah in relation to God in "The Praying Mantis"?

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