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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the subject of the book Belbo wants Casaubon to work on?
(a) Herbalism.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Electroplating.
(d) Metals.

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

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

5. What was NOT one of the charges brought against the Knights Templar when they were arrested?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Murder.
(d) Blasphemy.

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

7. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Lorenza.
(c) Diotallevi.
(d) Belbo.

8. What is The Plan?
(a) A secret Vatican conspiracy.
(b) A game, invented by Casaubon and his friends.
(c) An important part of Jewish prophecy.
(d) An obscure Biblical narrative.

9. Where does Casaubon move, in Chapter 25?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) Milan.

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

12. Who is Ingolf?
(a) A "lunatic" who submitted his manuscript, about the Templars, to Belbo's company.
(b) A well-read man, who found a mysterious parchment in a tunnel.
(c) One of Casaubon's professors, and a revolutionary.
(d) A rich Parisian who collected a wealth of information about the Templars.

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

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

15. 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) Write a review on one of the books for the local paper.
(c) Distribute fliers.
(d) Talk to some of her author friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Mr. Garamond agree to publish Bramanti's work?

2. What does Aglie say about the members of the group Casaubon is studying?

3. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?

4. What is Garamond Press?

5. How does Casaubon know Professor Bramanti?

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