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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Casaubon's group at the beginning of Chapter 63?
(a) Rome.
(b) Piedmont.
(c) Milan.
(d) Turin.

2. How many group members are ordered into the room by the leader of the ceremony?
(a) 24.
(b) 16.
(c) 42.
(d) 36.

3. What is one of the uncontroversial facts Casaubon enters into the computer?
(a) There are seven stars in the constellation Orion.
(b) The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.
(c) Mickey Mouse is married to Minnie Mouse.
(d) Butter and cheese are made from milk.

4. Who tries to restrain Casaubon's growing fervor for the occult in Chapter 63?
(a) Amparo.
(b) Aglie.
(c) Lia.
(d) Salon.

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

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

7. According to the Plan, where was Napoleon initiated into the Templars?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Spain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) France.

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

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

10. Why does Casaubon choose to add to the list he presents to Aglie?
(a) To try and fool Aglie into confessing something.
(b) To test Aglie's knowledge.
(c) To get more information about that society.
(d) To convince Aglie that he's not studying what Aglie thinks he is.

11. What decisions did Lia make regarding her unborn baby?
(a) She wants to keep the baby, despite knowing that it will be at great risk to herself.
(b) She decides to have the baby in her home country so it will have dual citizenship.
(c) She decided not to find out the sex of the baby, and not to use any painkillers during delivery.
(d) She decides to have a water birth in a progressive hospital.

12. How does Belbo begin to feel about the Plan after Diotallevi's departure?
(a) He begins to think that it must be true because it all fits together too perfectly.
(b) He decides it doesn't matter whether the Plan is true; since he doesn't have anything else, he will believe it is true.
(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.

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

14. Who was John Dee?
(a) The head of the English Templars.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The person responsible for breaking the Templars' relay of information.
(d) The head astrologer to the English Queen.

15. The group led by the Old Man in the Mountain associates itself with what other group?
(a) The Palestinians.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Templars.
(d) The Nazis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object was Loyola seeking?

3. Who is the Old Man of the Mountain?

4. What was Diotallevi's reasoning for the advice he gave to Casaubon and Belbo before he left for treatment?

5. Which man-made object is NOT one of the structures that Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi think was constructed to collect and transmit telluric energy?

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