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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50-62 (Gevurah 50-62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Casaubon's group leaves to go home before arriving at the ritual?
(a) Lorenza.
(b) Diotallevi.
(c) Salon.
(d) Belbo.

2. What is the name of the occult book series published by Mr. Garamond's vanity press?
(a) Diabolicals.
(b) Project Hermes.
(c) Isis Unveiled.
(d) Hermetica.

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

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

5. 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) They staged a coup, and overthrew the city's government.
(c) They migrated away from politics, and toward psychology and transcendental meditation.
(d) Most of them were arrested, and the rest formed an underground society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Agartha?

2. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about himself?

3. The owner of the villa allegedly possesses what mysterious items?

4. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?

5. Why is Amparo so upset after the ritual?

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