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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a conclusion of Belbo's that Casaubon finds important?
(a) Francis Bacon is also the Viscount St. Albans.
(b) Queen Elizabeth was involved in the formation and maintenance of the Templar society.
(c) John Dee associated himself with a mysterious woman named Kelly.
(d) Belbo, Casaubon and Diotallevi are indirect descendants of members of the Knights Templar.

2. Who is the Old Man of the Mountain?
(a) Ali Mahmoudi.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Hassan-i-Sabbah.
(d) Aglie.

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

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

5. What group does Casaubon think Postel joined, after being a Templar initiate?
(a) The Anglo-Saxons.
(b) The Rosicrucians.
(c) The Society of Jesus.
(d) The Freemasons.

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

7. Which is NOT a meeting place of the Templars, according to Casaubon's interpretation of the parchment?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

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

9. What does Casaubon think may have caused an interruption in the Templars' relay of information?
(a) A discrepancy between the English and French calendars.
(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) The separation of church and state in England.

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

11. Casaubon believes that the information he printed out from Belbo's computer suggests a connection between the Templars and what other group?
(a) Spanish Inquisitors.
(b) British Freemasons.
(c) French Freemasons.
(d) French Rosicrucians.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Casaubon, in Chapter 111?

2. According to Casaubon's reinterpretation of Ardenti's parchment, how often are the Templars instructed to meet?

3. What does Casaubon think John Dee's motivations were?

4. What is Casaubon doing at the end of the novel?

5. Where does Casaubon go to inquire about Aglie in Chapter 112?

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