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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 88-100 (Tiferet 88-100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of his story does Belbo see as a virtue, instead of a vice?
(a) Its believability.
(b) Its bizarreness.
(c) Its fictionalization of historical characters.
(d) Its complexity.

2. How does Casaubon's relationship with Amparo end?
(a) She goes to stay with friends, and never returns.
(b) Amparo becomes fed up with the amount of time Casaubon spends on his research, and leaves him.
(c) Amparo is murdered.
(d) She cuts off contact with him because she is afraid of the people that are pursuing him because of his research.

3. What group does Casaubon think Postel joined, after being a Templar initiate?
(a) The Society of Jesus.
(b) The Rosicrucians.
(c) The Anglo-Saxons.
(d) The Freemasons.

4. Who is Riccardo?
(a) Belbo's brother.
(b) A business associate of Mr. Garamond's.
(c) A friend of Lorenza's, competing with Belbo for her affections.
(d) A Brazilian friend of Casaubon's.

5. After his initiation, Napoleon attempts to seek out a group of Templars in what country?
(a) Egypt.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Loyola do to expose and confuse the Templars?

2. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?

3. On his way to the ceremony, Casaubon observes members of what group of people?

4. According to Casaubon's group, what was the reason for the founding of the Rosicrucians?

5. The owner of the villa allegedly possesses what mysterious items?

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