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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50-62 (Gevurah 50-62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Agartha located?
(a) Under the tectonic plate Italy rests on.
(b) High in the Himalayas.
(c) In another dimension.
(d) In the Dead Sea.

2. What does Colonel Ardenti think the Holy Grail might actually be?
(a) The cup that held wine at the Last Supper.
(b) A term referring to the unbroken bloodline of Christ.
(c) A piece of an extraterrestrial's spaceship.
(d) A radioactive meteorite.

3. What happens to Colonel Ardenti in Chapter 24?
(a) He is taken prisoner by a mysterious group.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He dies of a heart attack.
(d) He is publicly ostracized after the publication of his book, and goes mad.

4. What is the name of the other publishing company Mr. Garamond runs?
(a) Press de Italia.
(b) Manutius.
(c) Conservatoire des Arts et de Metiers.
(d) Minutiae.

5. What does Lorenza offer to do for Garamond to promote his occult book series?
(a) Distribute fliers.
(b) Talk to some of her author friends.
(c) Work as Belbo's secretary, for a decreased salary.
(d) Write a review on one of the books for the local paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Casaubon looking for a hiding spot, in Chapter 1?

2. What idea is commonly associated with Agartha?

3. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

4. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

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

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