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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who checked out the book Casaubon was looking for at the library?
(a) Lorenza.
(b) Belbo.
(c) De Angelis.
(d) Salon.
2. How does Casaubon's relationship with Amparo end?
(a) Amparo is murdered.
(b) Amparo becomes fed up with the amount of time Casaubon spends on his research, and leaves him.
(c) She goes to stay with friends, and never returns.
(d) She cuts off contact with him because she is afraid of the people that are pursuing him because of his research.
3. What was NOT one of the charges brought against the Knights Templar when they were arrested?
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Murder.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Sodomy.
4. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?
(a) Lorenza's.
(b) Pilade's.
(c) Menzone's.
(d) Abulafia's.
5. What word does Casaubon finally use to unlock Belbo's computer?
(a) "YHWH."
(b) "IAVEH."
(c) "No."
(d) "Lorenza."
6. What is The Plan?
(a) An obscure Biblical narrative.
(b) An important part of Jewish prophecy.
(c) A secret Vatican conspiracy.
(d) A game, invented by Casaubon and his friends.
7. The Knights Templar began during what time?
(a) The First Crusade.
(b) The Spanish Inquisition.
(c) The years following the death of Christ.
(d) The conversion of Rome to Christianity.
8. Lorenza claims, in Chapter 49, that Aglie gave her what item?
(a) An old and valuable text.
(b) A piece of parchment.
(c) An elixir.
(d) A chalice.
9. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?
(a) 1422.
(b) 804.
(c) 1307.
(d) 1156.
10. What happens to Amparo during the ritual she attends with Aglie?
(a) She hallucinates.
(b) She is possessed.
(c) She has an allergic reaction to the incense.
(d) She becomes ill, and collapses.
11. Casaubon's neighbor suggests that there is something mysterious about what?
(a) The Italian canal systems.
(b) The Parisian sewer system.
(c) The German aluminum mines.
(d) The placement of England's grandest cathedrals.
12. What job does Casaubon get in Chapter 37?
(a) He collects and sells archaeological artifacts and rare documents.
(b) He gets a job with a local newspaper.
(c) He works at the University, as a professor.
(d) He works for himself, as a freelance researcher.
13. What accusation begins the confrontation at Aglie's house?
(a) One man accuses the other of taking more than his share of the profits from their ventures.
(b) One man accuses the other of being a false prophet, and insincere in his devotion to their faith.
(c) One man accuses the other of summoning a demon to oppress him at his home.
(d) One man accuses the other of plotting to kill him.
14. After meeting Aglie, Casaubon begins researching which esoteric group?
(a) Celtic Druids.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Eastern European witches.
(d) Gnostics.
15. On his way to the ceremony, Casaubon observes members of what group of people?
(a) Freemasons.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Cabbalists.
(d) Diabolicals.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Colonel Ardenti think the Holy Grail might actually be?
2. What is Agartha?
3. The owner of the villa allegedly possesses what mysterious items?
4. Who is Lorenza?
5. What is Belbo's profession?
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