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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Casaubon finally use to unlock Belbo's computer?
(a) "Lorenza."
(b) "No."
(c) "YHWH."
(d) "IAVEH."

3. Who was the leader of the Knights Templar?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Saint Bernard.
(c) King Phillip.
(d) Jacques de Molay.

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

5. 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.

6. To what order does Professor Bramanti belong?
(a) The Knights Templar.
(b) The Rosicrucians.
(c) The Cabbalists.
(d) The Freemasons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the main character looking at, in Chapter 1?
(a) Foucault's pendulum.
(b) An old car.
(c) A periscope.
(d) The street below.

15. What was Casaubon's profession when he met Belbo?
(a) Journalist and reporter.
(b) Professor of theology.
(c) University student.
(d) Conspiracy theorist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Casaubon have difficulty researching the group that interests him, in Chapter 27?

2. Which member of Casaubon's group leaves to go home before arriving at the ritual?

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

4. Lorenza claims that Aglie believes she is really a character from what mythology?

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

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