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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret society does Casaubon decide to add to the list he presents to Aglie?
(a) Santerians.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Tres.
(d) Freemasons.

2. Why does Lorenza make Belbo leave the restaurant where they are supposed to have lunch?
(a) She sees a cockroach crawl under their table.
(b) She owes money to the owner.
(c) Their table is near Aglie's.
(d) She thinks they are being watched.

3. What did Loyola do to expose and confuse the Templars?
(a) Infiltrated their ranks with spies.
(b) Exposed aspects of their secret rituals.
(c) Created phony secret societies.
(d) Burned all of their records.

4. To what country does Casaubon travel to visit a Templar temple?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Brazil.

5. Who is the first cloaked person to kneel before the leader of the ceremony?
(a) Belbo.
(b) Riccardo.
(c) Bramanti.
(d) Aglie.

6. How does Casaubon feel about the items he sees in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers?
(a) He wonders if their makers were involved in occult activities.
(b) He hardly takes notice of them.
(c) He suspects a dark, occult purpose for each one.
(d) He wonders why people are so interested in old machinery.

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

8. How does Lia feel about the Plan?
(a) She begins to become interested in it, despite her initial aversion.
(b) She refuses to discuss it with Casaubon.
(c) She is as whole-heartedly interested as Casaubon is.
(d) She thinks it is absurd, and tries to get Casaubon to drop it.

9. Why does Casaubon choose to enter seemingly meaningless information into Abulafia?
(a) To test the theory that all information is truly interconnected.
(b) To see if the computer's calculations are accurate.
(c) To see if the computer can differentiate between significant and meaningless data.
(d) To throw pursuers off their trail.

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

11. In Chapter 88, Casaubon tries to understand the role of what group in the Templar conspiracy?
(a) The Anglican church.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Muslims.
(d) The Jesuits.

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

13. Why doesn't Casaubon bring anyone with him to help Belbo?
(a) There is no one in Milan to help him.
(b) Everyone Casaubon knows has turned against Belbo.
(c) No one knows Casaubon is still associated with Belbo.
(d) He doesn't dare tell anyone about Belbo's predicament.

14. The Old Man in the Mountain is the leader of what group?
(a) The Jewish Templars.
(b) The Muslim Society.
(c) The Diabolicals.
(d) The Assassins.

15. What other figure, mentioned earlier in the novel, was involved in the anti-Semitic conspiracy against the Templars?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Comte de Saint-Germain.
(d) John Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diotallevi ask Belbo about Abulafia?

2. What happens to Belbo when he is driving with Lorenza?

3. What decisions did Lia make regarding her unborn baby?

4. Casaubon realizes that the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers was built on whose property?

5. Casaubon reads a story, written by Belbo during his boyhood, about what musical instrument?

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