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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?
(a) A university, created by Diotallevi and Belbo, that teaches only pointless disciplines.
(b) Casaubon's nickname for the Knights Templar.
(c) A derogatory nickname for the University Casaubon attends.
(d) Diotallevi's term for Bible study.

2. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?
(a) Abulafia's.
(b) Pilade's.
(c) Menzone's.
(d) Lorenza's.

3. Who encouraged the rumors being spread about the Knights Templar?
(a) Pope Innocent III.
(b) Saint Bernard.
(c) King Edward.
(d) King Phillip.

4. What is Garamond Press?
(a) A Bible and Torah printer.
(b) A small vanity and academic publisher.
(c) A newspaper company.
(d) A sensational tabloid.

5. Why is Mr. Garamond's office connected to Garamond Press by a secret passageway?
(a) He likes mystery.
(b) He uses the Garamond Press office for meetings with his mistress.
(c) He doesn't want anyone to know he runs Garamond Press.
(d) The building had a secret passageway already built in when he bought it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some claim that the rituals and ideals of the Knights Templar were carried on by what other group?

2. What job does Casaubon get in Chapter 37?

3. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about himself?

4. What was Casaubon's profession when he met Belbo?

5. Lorenza has encounters with the occult through her association with what group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Casaubon witness at the ceremonies Aglie invited him and his group to?

2. What is Project Hermes?

3. What are the two publishing companies run by Mr. Garamond?

4. Why does Casaubon meet with Belbo and Mr. Garamond in Chapter 38?

5. What idea does Mr. Garamond get from his meeting with Professor Bramanti?

6. What offer does Casaubon receive from Belbo in Chapter 37?

7. What are the origins of the religious traditions of Brazil, according to Aglie's discussion with Casaubon and Amparo?

8. What were the origins of the Knights Templar?

9. How does Casaubon unlock Belbo's computer?

10. What does Belbo tell Casaubon during their phone call two days before the museum rendezvous?

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