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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 63-72 (Gevurah 63, Tiferet 64-72).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the political radicals in Milan, while Casaubon was away?
(a) They staged a coup, and overthrew the city's government.
(b) They migrated away from politics, and toward psychology and transcendental meditation.
(c) Most of them were arrested, and the rest formed an underground society.
(d) They rioted and were driven out of the city, and now communicate via encoded messages.

2. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?
(a) Diotallevi.
(b) Belbo.
(c) Cagliostro.
(d) Ardenti.

3. What does Casaubon want Belbo to use Abulafia for?
(a) Calculating all the possible permutations of the name of God.
(b) Combining information from the Diabolicals' manuscripts.
(c) Organizing all of the information Casaubon has uncovered so far.
(d) Keeping a journal of ideas, to which they can refer later.

4. Who was John Dee?
(a) The person responsible for breaking the Templars' relay of information.
(b) The head astrologer to the English Queen.
(c) The head of the English Templars.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. What does Aglie say about the members of the group Casaubon is studying?
(a) Certain men, ageless and enlightened, are the true members of the order.
(b) No one knows how many there are, because they remain secretive.
(c) They do not proselytize, and you have to seek them out if you want to join.
(d) There are no true members, only those who think they belong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Agartha?

2. What does Diotallevi ask Belbo about Abulafia?

3. Where does Casaubon move, in Chapter 25?

4. What did the other two men present at the meeting call Aglie?

5. Who checked out the book Casaubon was looking for at the library?

(see the answer key)

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