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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 happens to Amparo during the ritual she attends with Aglie?
(a) She hallucinates.
(b) She is possessed.
(c) She has an allergic reaction to the incense.
(d) She becomes ill, and collapses.

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

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

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

5. Who encouraged the rumors being spread about the Knights Templar?
(a) Pope Innocent III.
(b) Saint Bernard.
(c) King Phillip.
(d) King Edward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Knights Templar?

2. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

3. Where is the main character, as the novel opens?

4. Who or what is Abulafia?

5. What was NOT one of the charges brought against the Knights Templar when they were arrested?

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