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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 88-100 (Tiferet 88-100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lorenza has encounters with the occult through her association with what group?
(a) Cabbalists.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Picatrix.
(d) Gevurah.

2. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?
(a) Casaubon's nickname for the Knights Templar.
(b) A university, created by Diotallevi and Belbo, that teaches only pointless disciplines.
(c) A derogatory nickname for the University Casaubon attends.
(d) Diotallevi's term for Bible study.

3. What ailment does Diotallevi claim to have in Chapter 100?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Gastritis.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Kidney stones.

4. Why is Casaubon looking for a hiding spot, in Chapter 1?
(a) He is homeless and has nowhere to go.
(b) He is being pursued by someone.
(c) The museum he is in is about to close.
(d) He is running from the police.

5. Who is NOT a participant in the meeting that Casaubon overhears at Aglie's residence?
(a) The Frenchman.
(b) Aglie.
(c) Belbo.
(d) Professor Bramanti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Casaubon want Belbo to use Abulafia for?

2. Why does Casaubon choose to enter seemingly meaningless information into Abulafia?

3. Who is Ingolf?

4. Where is the main character, as the novel opens?

5. Casaubon realizes that the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers was built on whose property?

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