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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. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Lorenza.
(c) Belbo.
(d) Diotallevi.

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

3. Some claim that the rituals and ideals of the Knights Templar were carried on by what other group?
(a) The Episcopal Church.
(b) The Crusaders.
(c) The Freemasons.
(d) The Quakers.

4. Who is Gudrun?
(a) Diotallevi's wife.
(b) Casaubon's maid.
(c) Belbo's secretary.
(d) Belbo's girlfriend.

5. When did Casaubon and Belbo meet?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saint helped to establish and protect the Knights Templar?

2. Who was the leader of the Knights Templar?

3. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

4. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

5. Which of these is NOT one of the four types of people, according to Belbo?

(see the answer key)

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