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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item is set up by the cloaked individuals in the Conservatoire?
(a) An interrogation chair.
(b) A large pendulum.
(c) A ritual altar.
(d) A table and chairs.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was Diotallevi's reasoning for the advice he gave to Casaubon and Belbo before he left for treatment?
(a) He didn't want Casaubon and Belbo to know that he was going to be researching in secret while he was away.
(b) He received information that made him believe they were in imminent danger.
(c) He believes his involvement in the Plan contributed to his health problems.
(d) He is afraid they will be apprehended when he is not there to help them.

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

9. After his initiation, Napoleon attempts to seek out a group of Templars in what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) England.

10. What does Diotallevi ask Belbo about Abulafia?
(a) If it could help them solve the mystery of the Sephirot.
(b) How long it takes to perform calculations and permutations.
(c) If it could recombine the Torah.
(d) Why Belbo chose to name it that.

11. The Tzarist agent was central in creating what?
(a) The branch of the Templars which protected the Tzar and his closest advisors.
(b) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
(c) The underground communication system of the Templars.
(d) The Russian branch of the Rosicrucians.

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

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

14. Who does Aglie bring to the ceremony at the Conservatoire, sedated?
(a) Amparo.
(b) Lorenza.
(c) Belbo.
(d) Casaubon.

15. 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 assassination of a group member who was supposed to inform the others.
(c) A discrepancy between the English and French calendars.
(d) The Templars being forced underground, and having no way to communicate openly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John Dee?

2. Belbo thinks that Nazis were a branch of what?

3. According to Salon, followers of which faith are plotting to harness the underground energies?

4. What is the Greek word for knowledge that Casaubon mentions?

5. What quality of his story does Belbo see as a virtue, instead of a vice?

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