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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. Crowley writes in Chapter 28 that ____ never fails and does not end in life or death.

2. Crowley indicates that Chapter 38 is only comprehensible to whom?

3. The Pentagram is the square of what?

4. What is referred to by Crowley as the destruction of all things?

5. This is another name for Hell as well as Consciousness and the Universe.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Crowley's conclusion of contradiction in "The Battle of the Ants"?

2. What does Crowley question of the feminine energy in "Peaches"? What is his conclusion?

3. What does Crowley write of Horus in "The Cry of the Hawk"?

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

5. What is Crowley's position on disease in "The Mountaineer"?

6. Describe Crowley's meaning in his analogy of dreams to consciousness in Chapter 30.

7. Describe Crowley's thoughts on waiters in "The Despot." What is this a metaphor for?

8. What does Crowley write of Daath, the sephirot, and Tiphareth?

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

10. Describe the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Knights Templar and their association with the Free Masons. How does Crowley make this association, and do outside sources support his theory?

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 god Horus, which Crowley discusses and worships in Chapter 2. What role did Horus play in Crowley's theology? What is Horus represented by symbolically?

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