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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Casaubon have difficulty researching the group that interests him, in Chapter 27?
(a) Everyone believes the group exists, but no one will admit that they are a member.
(b) There is no written evidence of the group's existence.
(c) The Church denies the existence of the group.
(d) He has alienated himself from his contacts who are also interested in esoteric lore.

3. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?
(a) Ardenti.
(b) Belbo.
(c) Diotallevi.
(d) Cagliostro.

4. On his way to the ceremony, Casaubon observes members of what group of people?
(a) Freemasons.
(b) Cabbalists.
(c) Rosicrucians.
(d) Diabolicals.

5. Who recommends the book Casaubon goes to pick up at the library?
(a) Salon.
(b) De Angelis.
(c) Lorenza.
(d) Belbo.

6. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about himself?
(a) He is extremely interested in the Templars, for very personal reasons.
(b) He is ageless, and has seen many things.
(c) He believes he has been reincarnated many times.
(d) He can trace his bloodline, unbroken, back to the first group of Templars.

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

8. Where is Casaubon when he runs into his neighbor from Milan?
(a) Garamond Press.
(b) A German mine.
(c) A magical ritual.
(d) Pilade's.

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

10. Some claim that the rituals and ideals of the Knights Templar were carried on by what other group?
(a) The Freemasons.
(b) The Episcopal Church.
(c) The Quakers.
(d) The Crusaders.

11. What saint helped to establish and protect the Knights Templar?
(a) Saint Michael.
(b) Saint Bernard.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Saint Catherine.

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

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

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

15. What are the origins of the religious ceremonies that exist where Casaubon is living?
(a) They are strictly orthodox Christian traditions.
(b) They are an eclectic mixture of traditions from other cultures.
(c) They are peculiar to that area, and show little resemblance to the traditions of other cultures.
(d) Their origins are largely unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Casaubon looking for a hiding spot, in Chapter 1?

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

3. The Knights Templar fought to protect the Holy Land from what?

4. Who is Riccardo?

5. What did the other two men present at the meeting call Aglie?

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