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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-24 (Binah 12-22, Hesed 23-24).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Belbo's profession?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Editor.
(d) Inventor.

4. 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.

5. What is Garamond Press?
(a) A Bible and Torah printer.
(b) A sensational tabloid.
(c) A newspaper company.
(d) A small vanity and academic publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

2. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

3. Which of the following were women whom the Knights Templar were NOT allowed to kiss or make eye contact with?

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

5. Who is Colonel Ardenti?

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