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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38-49 (Gevurah 38-49).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ingolf?
(a) One of Casaubon's professors, and a revolutionary.
(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) A rich Parisian who collected a wealth of information about the Templars.

2. How does Casaubon's relationship with Amparo end?
(a) Amparo becomes fed up with the amount of time Casaubon spends on his research, and leaves him.
(b) She cuts off contact with him because she is afraid of the people that are pursuing him because of his research.
(c) Amparo is murdered.
(d) She goes to stay with friends, and never returns.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Belbo's profession?

2. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

3. What happened to the leader of the Knights Templar?

4. Why doesn't Mr. Garamond agree to publish Bramanti's work?

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

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