Classification of demons - Quiz
Classification of demons
  • 1. Who is the author of the Dictionnaire Infernal?
A) Jacques Collin de Plancy
B) Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier
C) S. L. MacGregor Mathers
D) Anton LaVey
  • 2. In what year was the Dictionnaire Infernal first published?
A) 1818
B) 1863
C) 1966
D) 1821
  • 3. How many illustrations were added to the famous 1863 edition of the Dictionnaire Infernal?
A) Twelve
B) Fifty
C) One hundred
D) Sixty-nine
  • 4. Who is listed as the supreme chief of the empire of hell in Collin de Plancy's hierarchy?
A) Moloch
B) Lucifer
C) Beelzebub
D) Satan
  • 5. Which demon is the prince of incubi according to the Dictionnaire Infernal?
A) Pan
B) Leonard
C) Lilith
D) Asmodeus
  • 6. According to the Dictionnaire Infernal, who is the princess of succubi?
A) Hutgin
B) Eurynome
C) Lilith
D) Proserpina
  • 7. Who is the ambassador of France in Collin de Plancy's demonic hierarchy?
A) Rimmon
B) Belfegor
C) Mammon
D) Belial
  • 8. What is the function of Asmodeus in the Dictionnaire Infernal?
A) Grand buffoon
B) Master of ceremonies
C) Grand Chancellor
D) Superintendent of the gambling houses
  • 9. Who is described as the chief of the kitchen in the house of the princes?
A) Mullin
B) Dagon
C) Behemoth
D) Nisroch
  • 10. In The Satanic Bible, which Prince represents the element of fire?
A) Belial
B) Leviathan
C) Lucifer
D) Satan
  • 11. What does the name Lucifer mean in Latin?
A) The Morning Star
B) Lord of the Inferno
C) Serpent of the Abyss
D) Without a Master
  • 12. Which direction is associated with Belial in The Satanic Bible?
A) West
B) South
C) East
D) North
  • 13. What represents the element of water in The Satanic Bible?
A) Belial
B) Lucifer
C) Satan
D) Leviathan
  • 14. Which demon is the director of theaters?
A) Antichrist
B) Verdelet
C) Kobal
D) Nybbas
  • 15. Who is the chief of the secret police according to the Dictionnaire Infernal?
A) Belfegor
B) Alastor
C) Nergal
D) Lucifer
  • 16. Which author used names from the Dictionnaire Infernal in his autobiographical work?
A) Anton LaVey
B) Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier
C) Jacques Collin de Plancy
D) S. L. MacGregor Mathers
  • 17. What is the ritual object associated with Leviathan in The Satanic Bible?
A) Chalice
B) Candles
C) Sword
D) Pentacle
  • 18. Which demon is the general treasurer of Hell?
A) Ashtaroth
B) Mammon
C) Melchom
D) Chamos
  • 19. Who is the prince of the country of tears?
A) Beelzebub
B) Eurynome
C) Pluton
D) Moloch
  • 20. How many demons are listed in the Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum?
A) 50
B) 72
C) 69
D) 37
  • 21. In what year was the Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum written?
A) 1517
B) 1583
C) 1494
D) 1700
  • 22. Who is credited with publishing Le Dragon Rouge in 1517?
A) An anonymous monk
B) Alibeck the Egyptian
C) Johann Weyer
D) King Solomon
  • 23. When was Le Dragon Rouge most likely written?
A) 17th century
B) 1494
C) 18th century
D) 1583
  • 24. How are the demons of hell classified in Le Dragon Rouge?
A) By the elements they represent
B) Seventy-two ranks of nobility
C) By the god they serve
D) Three tiers from Generals to Officers
  • 25. Who is the author of Pseudomonarchia Daemonum?
A) King Solomon
B) An anonymous Frenchman
C) Johann Weyer
D) Alibeck the Egyptian
  • 26. Which demon is NOT listed in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum?
A) Bael
B) Belial
C) Vassago
D) Paimon
  • 27. What is missing from the demons in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum?
A) Ranks
B) Names
C) Conjuration rituals
D) Seals
  • 28. What is another name for The Lesser Key of Solomon?
A) Ars Goetia
B) Le Dragon Rouge
C) Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis
D) Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum
  • 29. What century is The Lesser Key of Solomon from?
A) 17th century
B) 15th century
C) 16th century
D) 18th century
  • 30. What term is used in The Lesser Key of Solomon for the person performing the conjuration?
A) Magician
B) Summoner
C) Exorcist
D) Priest
  • 31. What did the author of The Lesser Key of Solomon add to the content of Pseudomonarchia Daemonum?
A) Demons' descriptions, seals and details
B) The names of the Egyptian priests
C) A list of 37 demons
D) A claim that it was written in the 18th century
  • 32. What is the first section of The Lesser Key of Solomon called?
A) The Red Dragon
B) The Bronze Vessel
C) Ars Goetia
D) Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
  • 33. How many demons are described in the Ars Goetia?
A) Thirty-seven
B) Sixty-nine
C) Seventy-two
D) Twelve
  • 34. Where did King Solomon confine the demons according to Ars Goetia?
A) In a circle of salt
B) In a silver ring
C) In a bronze vessel
D) In a wooden box
  • 35. In which name are demons conjured in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum?
A) God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost
B) Alibeck the Egyptian
C) The Red Dragon
D) King Solomon
  • 36. Which hierarchy includes Seraphim, Cherubim, and Ophanim/Thrones?
A) First hierarchy
B) Fourth hierarchy
C) Second hierarchy
D) Third hierarchy
  • 37. Which saint opposes Beelzebub?
A) St. Barnabas
B) St. John the Baptist
C) St. Francis
D) St. Peter
  • 38. Asmodeus belongs to which group of the first hierarchy?
A) Powers
B) Ophanim/Thrones
C) Cherubim
D) Seraphim
  • 39. Which demon tempts men to commit homicide and be quarrelsome?
A) Soneillon
B) Gressil
C) Berith
D) Astaroth
  • 40. Who is the prince of Thrones that tempts men to be lazy?
A) Soneillon
B) Verrine
C) Astaroth
D) Gressil
  • 41. Which demon tempts men with impatience and is opposed by St. Dominic?
A) Astaroth
B) Soneillon
C) Gressil
D) Verrine
  • 42. Which saint opposes Gressil?
A) St. Stephen
B) St. Dominic
C) St. Bernard
D) St. Bartholomew
  • 43. Soneillon is the prince of which group in the first hierarchy?
A) Seraphim
B) Thrones
C) Cherubim
D) Powers
  • 44. Which hierarchy includes Powers, Dominions, and Virtues?
A) Second hierarchy
B) Fourth hierarchy
C) First hierarchy
D) Third hierarchy
  • 45. Carreau is a prince of which group?
A) Virtues
B) Powers
C) Seraphim
D) Dominions
  • 46. Which demon tempts men to obscenity and shamelessness?
A) Rosier
B) Carnivale
C) Oeillet
D) Carreau
  • 47. Which demon is a prince of Dominions and tempts men to break the vow of poverty?
A) Oeillet
B) Belias
C) Rosier
D) Carreau
  • 48. Who is opposed by St. Basil?
A) Belias
B) Rosier
C) Carnivale
D) Oeillet
  • 49. Which demon is the prince of Virtues?
A) Oeillet
B) Rosier
C) Carreau
D) Belias
  • 50. Which saint opposes the demon Carreau?
A) St. Vincent
B) St. Francis de Paul
C) St. Martin
D) St. Basil
  • 51. In which year was Peter Binsfeld's treatise on the Princes of Hell published?
A) 1580
B) 1613
C) 1589
D) 1597
  • 52. Which deadly sin is associated with the demon Lucifer in Binsfeld's classification?
A) Envy
B) Lust
C) Greed
D) Pride
  • 53. According to Binsfeld, which demon represents the sin of greed?
A) Leviathan
B) Mammon
C) Asmodeus
D) Belphegor
  • 54. What sin does the demon Asmodeus represent in Binsfeld's scheme?
A) Sloth
B) Wrath
C) Lust
D) Gluttony
  • 55. Which sin is attributed to the demon Satan by Peter Binsfeld?
A) Wrath
B) Sloth
C) Pride
D) Envy
  • 56. What is the sin associated with the demon Belphegor in Binsfeld's classification?
A) Gluttony
B) Lust
C) Greed
D) Sloth
  • 57. Who authored the 1597 dissertation titled Daemonologie?
A) Sébastien Michaëlis
B) King James
C) Peter Binsfeld
D) Pseudo-Dionysius
  • 58. How many sections or categories did King James use to classify demons?
A) Seven
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 59. According to King James, which spirits are known to trouble houses or solitary places?
A) Lemures or Spectra
B) Fairies
C) Possession
D) Obsession
  • 60. In King James' classification, what term is used for spirits that follow people to outwardly trouble them?
A) Lemures
B) Obsession
C) Spectra
D) Possession
  • 61. According to King James, what are the spirits that prophesy, consort, and transport called?
A) Obsession
B) Spectra
C) Fairies
D) Lemures
  • 62. What is the title of the book written by Sébastien Michaëlis in 1613?
A) Daemonologie
B) Lanterne of Light
C) Treatise on Confessions
D) Admirable History
  • 63. On which hierarchy is Michaëlis's classification based?
A) The Princes of Hell
B) King James' four methods
C) Pseudo-Dionysian hierarchies
D) The seven deadly sins
  • 64. Who is the single prince of rebellion, angels, and darkness in the scale of unity?
A) Lucifer
B) Belial
C) Asmodeus
D) Satan
  • 65. Which of the following is one of the two chiefs of the devils in the scale of binary?
A) Alecto
B) Behemoth
C) Nicon
D) Oriens
  • 66. Which of the following is one of the three furies listed in the scale of ternary?
A) Ctesiphon
B) Minos
C) Aeacus
D) Rhadamanthus
  • 67. Who is listed as one of the three infernal judges in the scale of ternary?
A) Alecto
B) Aeacus
C) Megera
D) Ctesiphon
  • 68. In the scale of quaternary, which prince is associated with the element of Fire?
A) Mahazael
B) Samael
C) Azrael
D) Azazel
  • 69. In the scale of quaternary, which prince is associated with the element of Water?
A) Samael
B) Azazel
C) Mahazael
D) Azrael
  • 70. In the scale of quaternary, which prince is associated with the element of Air?
A) Azrael
B) Samael
C) Mahazael
D) Azazel
  • 71. In the scale of quaternary, which prince is associated with the element of Earth?
A) Samael
B) Mahazael
C) Azazel
D) Azrael
  • 72. According to the scale of quaternary, which prince rules the East?
A) Amaymon
B) Egyn
C) Paimon
D) Oriens
  • 73. According to the scale of quaternary, which prince rules the West?
A) Paimon
B) Amaymon
C) Egyn
D) Oriens
  • 74. According to the scale of quaternary, which prince rules the North?
A) Egyn
B) Paimon
C) Amaymon
D) Oriens
  • 75. According to the scale of quaternary, which prince rules the South?
A) Egyn
B) Oriens
C) Paimon
D) Amaymon
  • 76. Which of the following is listed as an author of all calamities in the scale of six?
A) Beelzebub
B) Mammon
C) Acteus
D) Lucifer
  • 77. Which prince is identified as ruling over the Spirits of Lying?
A) Merihem
B) Abaddon
C) Satan
D) Python
  • 78. Which prince is identified with the instruments of iniquity and wrath?
A) Asmodeus
B) Astaroth
C) Belial
D) Mammon
  • 79. Which prince rules over the Aerial Powers?
A) Beelzebub
B) Merihem
C) Python
D) Satan
  • 80. Agrippa notes that the four Princes of the elements and the four Princes of the angles are identical, with the first being the Hebrew equivalent of which group?
A) The furies
B) The latter
C) The nine orders of devils
D) The authors of calamities
  • 81. Which author wrote the 11th-century work titled De operatione dæmonum?
A) John Wycliffe
B) Michael Psellus
C) John Taylor
D) Alphonso de Spina
  • 82. How many types of demons did Michael Psellus identify in his taxonomy?
A) Seven
B) Twelve
C) Six
D) Five
  • 83. Which term describes demons that are heliophobic according to Psellus?
A) Terrestrial
B) Marine
C) Lucifugous
D) Leliurium
  • 84. The Lanterne of Light classification system is based on which concept?
A) Elemental forms
B) Noble titles
C) Seven deadly sins
D) Astrological signs
  • 85. In what year did Alphonso de Spina prepare his classification of demons?
A) 1486
B) 1409
C) 1100
D) 1467
  • 86. Which demons belong to German folklore according to the text regarding Spina's classification?
A) Drudes
B) Succubi
C) Familiars
D) Cambions
  • 87. What is the nature of the work known as the Testament of Solomon?
A) Ecclesiastical
B) Pseudepigraphical
C) Scientific
D) Historical
  • 88. Which group of demons does Spina categorize as being born from the union of a demon and a human?
A) Cambions
B) Familiars
C) Drudes
D) Rogue demons
  • 89. According to the text, which author's list of seven deadly sins is often confused with the Lanterne of Light?
A) John Taylor
B) Anthony the Great
C) Peter Binsfeld
D) Michael Psellus
  • 90. Which category of demon in Psellus's taxonomy refers to igneous demons?
A) Aërial
B) Subterranean
C) Marine
D) Leliurium
  • 91. What kind of manual does the Testament of Solomon provide?
A) A cookbook for ritual sacrifices
B) A guide to performing witch-hunts
C) A self-help manual against demonic activity
D) A history of temple architecture
  • 92. Which historical figure is the Lanterne of Light often attributed to?
A) King Solomon
B) John Wycliffe
C) Alphonso de Spina
D) John Taylor
  • 93. How are the demons that attack saints characterized in Spina's classification?
A) Rogue demons
B) Familiars
C) Incubi
D) Liar demons
  • 94. What is noted about the criterion of Spina's classification?
A) It follows angelic hierarchy
B) It is based solely on astrology
C) It is somewhat capricious
D) It is highly scientific
  • 95. Who was the prince of the Principalities according to the third hierarchy?
A) Olivier
B) Verrier
C) Iuvart
D) Lucifer
  • 96. Olivier is identified as the prince of which group?
A) Angels
B) Governors
C) Archangels
D) Principalities
  • 97. What is the primary temptation associated with Olivier?
A) Cruelty toward the poor
B) Gluttony
C) Pride
D) Disobedience
  • 98. Which demon was believed to have possessed the novice nun Madeleine Demandols de La Palud?
A) Olivier
B) Iuvart
C) Verrier
D) Asmodee
  • 99. What rank in the third hierarchy is held by Iuvart?
A) Archangels
B) Sub-princes
C) Principalities
D) Angels
  • 100. How many sub-princes are listed in The Book of Abramelin?
A) Eleven
B) Sixty-nine
C) Eight
D) Four
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