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

2. Aglie inquires as to whether Casaubon and Belbo have received any manuscripts regarding what topic?
(a) Telluric currents.
(b) Cabbalah.
(c) Rosicrucians.
(d) The Holy Grail.

3. What is the topic of Casaubon's dissertation?
(a) Pope Innocent III.
(b) The Knights Templar.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The history of the Catholic church.

4. Where is Casaubon when he runs into his neighbor from Milan?
(a) Garamond Press.
(b) A magical ritual.
(c) A German mine.
(d) Pilade's.

5. What is the main character looking at, in Chapter 1?
(a) Foucault's pendulum.
(b) An old car.
(c) The street below.
(d) A periscope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the charges brought against the Knights Templar when they were arrested?

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

3. Which member of Casaubon's group leaves to go home before arriving at the ritual?

4. What is the subject of the book Belbo wants Casaubon to work on?

5. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Colonel Ardenti relay to Casaubon and Belbo?

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

3. How did Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi meet?

4. What is Aglie's response when Casaubon asks him why he associates himself with so many different occult practices?

5. What is Casaubon doing, as the novel opens?

6. What do Salon and Casaubon discuss during their first reunion in the mine?

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

8. Why does Professor Bramanti meet with Mr. Garamond?

9. Why do Belbo, Diotallevi and Casaubon meet at Pilade's in Chapter 13?

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

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