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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invited Postel to leave the Templars and join another group, according to Casaubon?
(a) John Dee.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Loyola.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

2. Why does Casaubon think the parchment was written?
(a) As part of a conspiracy to frame some of the group's members.
(b) As part of an active attempt to make contact with other groups.
(c) To throw off the people who were pursuing the parchment's authors.
(d) To divert attention from their real plan.

3. What happens to Belbo when he is driving with Lorenza?
(a) He hits a pedestrian.
(b) His car catches fire.
(c) He runs over a small dog.
(d) He runs out of gas.

4. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?
(a) Dime store thrillers.
(b) Shakespearean tragedy.
(c) Philosophical works.
(d) Great works of art.

5. Belbo thinks that Nazis were a branch of what?
(a) Zionists.
(b) Jesuits.
(c) Rosicrucians.
(d) Neo-Templars.

6. Which cloaked individual is leading the ceremony in the Conservatoire?
(a) Diotallevi.
(b) Bramanti.
(c) Belbo.
(d) Aglie.

7. Who is Kelly?
(a) Belbo's first wife.
(b) Francis Bacon's lover.
(c) An associate of John Dee's.
(d) Jacques de Molay's wife.

8. What item is set up by the cloaked individuals in the Conservatoire?
(a) An interrogation chair.
(b) A ritual altar.
(c) A table and chairs.
(d) A large pendulum.

9. According to the computer's output, where did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene?
(a) Palestine.
(b) Cana.
(c) France.
(d) Rome.

10. According to Casaubon's reinterpretation of Ardenti's parchment, how often are the Templars instructed to meet?
(a) Every 600 years.
(b) Whenever they must appoint a successor for their leader.
(c) Every 120 years.
(d) Whenever a new French king is crowned.

11. What does Aglie ask Belbo to do for him?
(a) Convey a message to Casaubon.
(b) Bring a suitcase full of books to Florence.
(c) Pass a message along to one of Aglie's friends.
(d) Help him investigate a new lead that he found.

12. Salon tells Casaubon that the Nazis are allied with whom?
(a) The French.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Turks.

13. According to Casaubon's conclusions after talking to Salon, what role do the Jews play in the Templar conspiracy?
(a) He could make no conclusion.
(b) They are out to disrupt and destroy the Templars for good.
(c) They are a red herring.
(d) They are the only true branch of Templars.

14. Where does Casaubon go to inquire about Aglie in Chapter 112?
(a) A museum.
(b) A small occult bookstore.
(c) A popular bar.
(d) A coffee shop.

15. In Belbo's account, John Dee is overtaken by whom?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Jacques de Molay.
(c) King Phillip.
(d) Francis Bacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Casaubon's group, what was the reason for the founding of the Rosicrucians?

2. Who demands that Belbo be sacrificed?

3. What object was Loyola seeking?

4. Which of these is a conclusion of Belbo's that Casaubon finds important?

5. Belbo and Casaubon interpret the computer's output to mean that Jesus fathered what line of kings?

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