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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Belbo claims he is being chased by whom?
(a) The French military.
(b) The Knights Templar.
(c) The Rosicrucians.
(d) The Vatican police.

2. Where does Aglie live?
(a) Provins.
(b) Milan.
(c) New York.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

3. Where is Agartha located?
(a) In the Dead Sea.
(b) High in the Himalayas.
(c) In another dimension.
(d) Under the tectonic plate Italy rests on.

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

5. Lorenza claims, in Chapter 49, that Aglie gave her what item?
(a) A piece of parchment.
(b) An old and valuable text.
(c) A chalice.
(d) An elixir.

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

7. What happened to the leader of the Knights Templar?
(a) He repented of his misdeeds, and was pardoned by the King.
(b) He was burned at the stake.
(c) He died while being tortured for a confession.
(d) He escaped persecution, and was never heard from again.

8. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?
(a) Pilade's.
(b) Abulafia's.
(c) Lorenza's.
(d) Menzone's.

9. How does Casaubon know Professor Bramanti?
(a) He heard Bramanti give a lecture in Brazil.
(b) He was introduced to Bramanti by Aglie.
(c) Bramanti was one of Belbo's best authors.
(d) Casaubon consulted Bramanti when he was researching his dissertation.

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

11. Why does Casaubon move?
(a) To live with his girlfriend.
(b) To study abroad for his Master's degree.
(c) To be closer to his family.
(d) To escape.

12. What is Garamond Press?
(a) A sensational tabloid.
(b) A small vanity and academic publisher.
(c) A newspaper company.
(d) A Bible and Torah printer.

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

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

15. Who is Lorenza?
(a) Casaubon's research partner.
(b) Diotallevi's sister.
(c) Belbo's nickname for his computer.
(d) A young woman with whom Belbo fell in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the occult book series published by Mr. Garamond's vanity press?

2. Why does Belbo want Casaubon to meet Mr. Garamond, in Chapter 37?

3. What happens to Amparo during the ritual she attends with Aglie?

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

5. What was Casaubon's profession when he met Belbo?

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