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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Aglie claims that there are how many groups associated with Freemasonry?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. According to Salon, what group actually has no involvement in the underground tunnels?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The French.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Freemasons.

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

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

7. What does Casaubon think John Dee's motivations were?
(a) To take control of the Templars' secrets.
(b) To infiltrate the Templars and spy on them for the Queen.
(c) To fragment and destroy the Templars.
(d) To create a new organization, with himself as leader.

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

9. It becomes clear in Chapter 101 that Diotallevi is dying from what?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Kidney disease.

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

11. What advice does Diotallevi give Belbo and Casaubon before leaving for his treatment regimen?
(a) To designate a meeting place for the three of them when he returns.
(b) To find Aglie and get his advice regarding the Plan.
(c) To stop investigating the Plan.
(d) To lie low for a while and avoid detection.

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

13. What does Casaubon want Belbo to use Abulafia for?
(a) Organizing all of the information Casaubon has uncovered so far.
(b) Keeping a journal of ideas, to which they can refer later.
(c) Combining information from the Diabolicals' manuscripts.
(d) Calculating all the possible permutations of the name of God.

14. Who is pursuing Belbo, in Chapter 101?
(a) Diabolicals.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Jesuits.
(d) Templars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Casaubon think may have caused an interruption in the Templars' relay of information?

2. What does Diotallevi ask Belbo about Abulafia?

3. What does the computer's output suggest about the crucifixion of Christ?

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

5. What secret society does Casaubon decide to add to the list he presents to Aglie?

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