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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. Who is Ingolf?
(a) A rich Parisian who collected a wealth of information about the Templars.
(b) A well-read man, who found a mysterious parchment in a tunnel.
(c) A "lunatic" who submitted his manuscript, about the Templars, to Belbo's company.
(d) One of Casaubon's professors, and a revolutionary.

2. What happened to the political radicals in Milan, while Casaubon was away?
(a) They rioted and were driven out of the city, and now communicate via encoded messages.
(b) Most of them were arrested, and the rest formed an underground society.
(c) They staged a coup, and overthrew the city's government.
(d) They migrated away from politics, and toward psychology and transcendental meditation.

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

4. What rumors began to circulate about the Knights Templar, as word of their success spread?
(a) They were homosexuals, who secretly worshiped the devil.
(b) They were womanizers and cowards.
(c) They were a form of secret police loyal to the Roman government.
(d) They were not religious, but simply wanted glory and riches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Casaubon move?

2. Who is Lorenza?

3. What is Garamond Press?

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

5. Who or what is Abulafia?

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