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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Comte de Saint-Germain.
(d) John Dee.

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Casaubon most surprised to see at the ceremony at the Conservatoire?
(a) Aglie.
(b) Garamond.
(c) Salon.
(d) Ardenti.

7. Who is mentioned as being a Russian adept and Tzarist agent?
(a) Venezi.
(b) Grapaki.
(c) Sloveni.
(d) Rakosky.

8. What is Casaubon doing at the end of the novel?
(a) Sitting at his house, waiting for the occultists to track him down and kill him.
(b) Seeking refuge at the Vatican.
(c) Traveling back to Brazil, trying to find Amparo so he can warn her.
(d) Trying to find the last branch of the Templars and plead for their help.

9. What object was Loyola seeking?
(a) The missing piece of the Templars' map.
(b) A piece of Christ's cross.
(c) The Arc of the Covenant.
(d) The Holy Grail.

10. Who began an anti-Semitic campaign to draw out the Jewish Templars?
(a) The Israeli Cabbalists.
(b) The Slavic Templars.
(c) The German Templars.
(d) The French Rosicrucians.

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

12. Casaubon reads a story, written by Belbo during his boyhood, about what musical instrument?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Drum.
(d) Trumpet.

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

14. Who injures Aglie during the ceremony at the Conservatoire?
(a) Belbo.
(b) Madame Olcott.
(c) Casaubon.
(d) Lorenza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Loyola do to expose and confuse the Templars?

2. Who is pursuing Belbo, in Chapter 101?

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

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

5. Why doesn't Casaubon bring anyone with him to help Belbo?

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