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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The land the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers was built on was originally used for what?
(a) Growing secret herbs.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A priory.
(d) A training ground for knights.

3. Where is Casaubon, in Chapter 111?
(a) Casaubon's hotel room.
(b) Aglie's house.
(c) Belbo's apartment.
(d) The Conservatoire.

4. According to Casaubon's group, what was the reason for the founding of the Rosicrucians?
(a) To provide a place for members of the Templars who were excommunicated, or looking for something else.
(b) To expose the true Templar groups in Germany.
(c) To provide a place for the Templars to store their wealth.
(d) To help carry messages between Templar groups unobtrusively.

5. Who does Casaubon think wrote the parchment?
(a) 17th century English Templars.
(b) 16th century French Rosicrucians.
(c) 15th century German Templars.
(d) 17th century German Rosicrucians.

6. What do the cloaked individuals want from Belbo?
(a) Casaubon's whereabouts.
(b) Decoded information.
(c) An oath of allegiance.
(d) A map.

7. Where do Belbo and Lorenza go while Casaubon is on vacation?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The capital city.
(c) The beach.
(d) The river.

8. What were the relations between Napoleon and the Jesuits and Jews?
(a) Napoleon declared open war on the Jesuits and Jews.
(b) Napoleon was ambivalent regarding the Jesuits and Jews.
(c) Napoleon was always friendly with the Jesuits and Jews.
(d) Napoleon eventually realigned himself, after a period of animosity, with the Jesuits and Jews.

9. What does Belbo think the true goal of the Nazis was?
(a) To uncover the Templars' knowledge of telluric currents.
(b) To eliminate the Jewish Templars.
(c) To find and control the Holy Grail.
(d) To reestablish contact with the other Aryan branches of Templars.

10. Who began an anti-Semitic campaign to draw out the Jewish Templars?
(a) The German Templars.
(b) The Slavic Templars.
(c) The Israeli Cabbalists.
(d) The French Rosicrucians.

11. How does Belbo begin to feel about the Plan after Diotallevi's departure?
(a) He decides it doesn't matter whether the Plan is true; since he doesn't have anything else, he will believe it is true.
(b) He begins to think that it must be true because it all fits together too perfectly.
(c) He suddenly divorces himself from it, and refuses to discuss it with Casaubon.
(d) He begins to think he was divinely inspired to write the Plan.

12. Where is John Dee's alleged meeting with the mystics?
(a) Prague.
(b) Provins.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Milan.

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

14. According to Salon, followers of which faith are plotting to harness the underground energies?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tzarist agent was central in creating what?

2. Who is pursuing Belbo, in Chapter 101?

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

4. According to Salon, what group actually has no involvement in the underground tunnels?

5. Which is NOT a meeting place of the Templars, according to Casaubon's interpretation of the parchment?

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