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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-37 (Hesed 25-33, Gevurah 34-37).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of Casaubon's dissertation?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The history of the Catholic church.
(c) Pope Innocent III.
(d) The Knights Templar.

2. The Knights Templar began during what time?
(a) The conversion of Rome to Christianity.
(b) The years following the death of Christ.
(c) The First Crusade.
(d) The Spanish Inquisition.

3. What happened to the political radicals in Milan, while Casaubon was away?
(a) They rioted and were driven out of the city, and now communicate via encoded messages.
(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 staged a coup, and overthrew the city's government.

4. What is The Plan?
(a) A game, invented by Casaubon and his friends.
(b) An obscure Biblical narrative.
(c) A secret Vatican conspiracy.
(d) An important part of Jewish prophecy.

5. Who is Ingolf?
(a) One of Casaubon's professors, and a revolutionary.
(b) A well-read man, who found a mysterious parchment in a tunnel.
(c) A rich Parisian who collected a wealth of information about the Templars.
(d) A "lunatic" who submitted his manuscript, about the Templars, to Belbo's company.

Short Answer Questions

1. After meeting Aglie, Casaubon begins researching which esoteric group?

2. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?

3. What was Casaubon's profession when he met Belbo?

4. Why does Belbo want Casaubon to meet Mr. Garamond, in Chapter 37?

5. Some claim that the rituals and ideals of the Knights Templar were carried on by what other group?

(see the answer key)

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