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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. How does Casaubon meet Signor Aglie?
(a) Aglie is a coworker of Casaubon's.
(b) Aglie is friends with Casaubon's girlfriend.
(c) Aglie is one of Casaubon's professors.
(d) Aglie is introduced to Casaubon by a mutual friend.

2. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?
(a) Great works of art.
(b) Shakespearean tragedy.
(c) Dime store thrillers.
(d) Philosophical works.

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

4. What job does Casaubon get in Chapter 37?
(a) He works at the University, as a professor.
(b) He collects and sells archaeological artifacts and rare documents.
(c) He gets a job with a local newspaper.
(d) He works for himself, as a freelance researcher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the relations between Napoleon and the Jesuits and Jews?

2. Casaubon and others are invited to join Aglie at an occult ritual outside of what city?

3. Where is Casaubon when he runs into his neighbor from Milan?

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

5. What does Aglie say about the members of the group Casaubon is studying?

(see the answer key)

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