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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 say is Allah's number?

2. What does Crowley say is Laylah's number?

3. What number is Chapter 54 preoccupied with?

4. Crowley seeks to return to nothing in Chapter 74, so he prepares to sail to _____.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbols does Crowley use in "Plover's Eggs"? What do they represent?

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

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

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

5. How does Crowley describe certainty and doubt in "Terrier Work"?

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

7. What does Crowley write of THE GREAT WORK in "The Bull Baiting"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. What symbols are used in this ritual and what are they representative of?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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