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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Casaubon meet Signor Aglie?
(a) Aglie is introduced to Casaubon by a mutual friend.
(b) Aglie is a coworker of Casaubon's.
(c) Aglie is one of Casaubon's professors.
(d) Aglie is friends with Casaubon's girlfriend.

2. What is the name of the occult book series published by Mr. Garamond's vanity press?
(a) Diabolicals.
(b) Hermetica.
(c) Isis Unveiled.
(d) Project Hermes.

3. What is the Hebrew name of God?
(a) Minah.
(b) Torah.
(c) YHWH.
(d) Allah.

4. Belbo makes a statement about the subject of most of the manuscripts delivered to him by what group of people?
(a) Cretins.
(b) Morons.
(c) Lunatics.
(d) Fools.

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

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

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

8. Where does Casaubon eventually choose to hide, in Chapter 1?
(a) In an empty vehicle.
(b) Behind a large, decorative plant.
(c) Under a bench.
(d) In a periscope.

9. Aglie agrees to act as a consultant for Belbo and Casaubon free of charge, on what condition?
(a) Casaubon helps him with some research.
(b) They tell no one that he is working for them.
(c) Casaubon and Belbo stop their work on the Plan.
(d) The manuscripts they send him aren't boring.

10. 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.

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

12. Who is Gudrun?
(a) Belbo's secretary.
(b) Casaubon's maid.
(c) Belbo's girlfriend.
(d) Diotallevi's wife.

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

14. What idea is commonly associated with Agartha?
(a) Symbiosis.
(b) Creationism.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Synarchy.

15. What does Mr. Garamond name the project he begins in Chapter 43?
(a) The De Molay Experiment.
(b) The Templar Project.
(c) Project Hermes.
(d) Project Creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recommends the book Casaubon goes to pick up at the library?

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

3. Why does Casaubon move?

4. Who was the leader of the Knights Templar?

5. What is the name of the occult book series published by Garamond Press?

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