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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Casaubon think may have caused an interruption in the Templars' relay of information?
(a) The separation of church and state in England.
(b) The Templars being forced underground, and having no way to communicate openly.
(c) The assassination of a group member who was supposed to inform the others.
(d) A discrepancy between the English and French calendars.

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

4. What quality of his story does Belbo see as a virtue, instead of a vice?
(a) Its fictionalization of historical characters.
(b) Its complexity.
(c) Its believability.
(d) Its bizarreness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is Salon's profession?
(a) Etymologist.
(b) Tanner.
(c) Taxidermist.
(d) Undertaker.

14. 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) Their table is near Aglie's.
(c) She thinks they are being watched.
(d) She owes money to the owner.

15. Which man-made object is NOT one of the structures that Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi think was constructed to collect and transmit telluric energy?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The Statue of Liberty.
(c) The Pyramids.
(d) Stonehenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Belbo begin to feel about the Plan after Diotallevi's departure?

2. Why does Casaubon choose to enter seemingly meaningless information into Abulafia?

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

4. What does Casaubon discover, when reading the files he prints out from Belbo's computer?

5. Which cloaked individual is leading the ceremony in the Conservatoire?

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