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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 happened to the leader of the Knights Templar?
(a) He died while being tortured for a confession.
(b) He escaped persecution, and was never heard from again.
(c) He repented of his misdeeds, and was pardoned by the King.
(d) He was burned at the stake.

2. Belbo claims he is being chased by whom?
(a) The Rosicrucians.
(b) The French military.
(c) The Knights Templar.
(d) The Vatican police.

3. Who or what is Abulafia?
(a) Belbo's computer.
(b) Casaubon's girlfriend.
(c) A Hebrew code of letters and numbers.
(d) Diotallevi's electronic journal.

4. What is the main character looking at, in Chapter 1?
(a) An old car.
(b) The street below.
(c) A periscope.
(d) Foucault's pendulum.

5. The Knights Templar fought to protect the Holy Land from what?
(a) Satanists.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Pagans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

2. What happens to Amparo during the ritual she attends with Aglie?

3. To whom does Aglie compare himself?

4. What rumors began to circulate about the Knights Templar, as word of their success spread?

5. Who is Gudrun?

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