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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. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?
(a) Ardenti.
(b) Diotallevi.
(c) Cagliostro.
(d) Belbo.

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

3. Which of these is NOT one of the four types of people, according to Belbo?
(a) Idiots.
(b) Cretins.
(c) Fools.
(d) Morons.

4. Where is the main character, as the novel opens?
(a) Garamond Press.
(b) A friend's apartment.
(c) Pilade's.
(d) The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Belbo makes a statement about the subject of most of the manuscripts delivered to him by what group of people?

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

3. What is The Plan?

4. Where does Casaubon eventually choose to hide, in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Gudrun?

(see the answer key)

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