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

2. Why is Belbo wary about going to the party Lorenza invites him to?
(a) Belbo has too much work to do, and is worried that Mr. Garamond will be angry if he goes.
(b) There will be people in attendance at the party who, Belbo thinks, are dangerous occultists.
(c) The party is in a part of the city which Belbo knows to be dangerous after dark.
(d) The party is being hosted by someone who is competing with Belbo for Lorenza's affection.

3. What happened to the political radicals in Milan, while Casaubon was away?
(a) Most of them were arrested, and the rest formed an underground society.
(b) They rioted and were driven out of the city, and now communicate via encoded messages.
(c) They migrated away from politics, and toward psychology and transcendental meditation.
(d) They staged a coup, and overthrew the city's government.

4. What does Lorenza offer to do for Garamond to promote his occult book series?
(a) Work as Belbo's secretary, for a decreased salary.
(b) Talk to some of her author friends.
(c) Distribute fliers.
(d) Write a review on one of the books for the local paper.

5. Which man-made object is NOT one of the structures that Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi think was constructed to collect and transmit telluric energy?
(a) Stonehenge.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) The Pyramids.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?

2. Which member of Casaubon's group leaves to go home before arriving at the ritual?

3. What does Casaubon discover, when reading the files he prints out from Belbo's computer?

4. Aglie agrees to act as a consultant for Belbo and Casaubon free of charge, on what condition?

5. Aglie inquires as to whether Casaubon and Belbo have received any manuscripts regarding what topic?

(see the answer key)

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