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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 does Colonel Ardenti think the Holy Grail might actually be?
(a) The cup that held wine at the Last Supper.
(b) A term referring to the unbroken bloodline of Christ.
(c) A piece of an extraterrestrial's spaceship.
(d) A radioactive meteorite.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about himself?

2. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?

3. What is the main character looking at, in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Casaubon move?

5. What are the origins of the religious ceremonies that exist where Casaubon is living?

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