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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 is the topic of Casaubon's dissertation?
(a) Pope Innocent III.
(b) The Knights Templar.
(c) The history of the Catholic church.
(d) The Inquisition.

2. What was NOT one of the charges brought against the Knights Templar when they were arrested?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) Sodomy.
(d) Murder.

3. The Knights Templar began during what time?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The First Crusade.
(c) The conversion of Rome to Christianity.
(d) The years following the death of Christ.

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

5. What happens to Colonel Ardenti in Chapter 24?
(a) He is taken prisoner by a mysterious group.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He is publicly ostracized after the publication of his book, and goes mad.
(d) He dies of a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the novel?

2. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?

3. After meeting Aglie, Casaubon begins researching which esoteric group?

4. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about himself?

5. Why does Casaubon have difficulty researching the group that interests him, in Chapter 27?

(see the answer key)

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