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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. Which of the following were women whom the Knights Templar were NOT allowed to kiss or make eye contact with?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Cousins.

2. Mr. Garamond's other publishing company publishes only what type of authors?
(a) Self-financing authors.
(b) Freelance authors.
(c) Government-sponsored authors.
(d) Contracted authors.

3. Who or what is Abulafia?
(a) Diotallevi's electronic journal.
(b) A Hebrew code of letters and numbers.
(c) Casaubon's girlfriend.
(d) Belbo's computer.

4. Casaubon compares Aglie to whom?
(a) Belbo.
(b) Ardenti.
(c) Diotallevi.
(d) Cagliostro.

5. Why doesn't Mr. Garamond agree to publish Bramanti's work?
(a) Bramanti is not going to finance the project himself.
(b) Garamond doesn't trust Bramanti to be reliable and deliver the works on time.
(c) Garamond's company is facing bankruptcy and cannot afford any new clients.
(d) The topic of Bramanti's research doesn't interest him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Belbo wary about going to the party Lorenza invites him to?

2. What is the topic of Casaubon's dissertation?

3. Why does Casaubon have difficulty researching the group that interests him, in Chapter 27?

4. Casaubon and others are invited to join Aglie at an occult ritual outside of what city?

5. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Plan?

3. What were the origins of the Knights Templar?

4. What is Project Hermes?

5. How is Signor Aglie described?

6. How does Aglie feel about Lorenza?

7. What changed, in Italy, during the time that Casaubon was living in Brazil?

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

9. What do Casaubon and De Angelis discuss at their second meeting?

10. Why are the Rosicrucians so difficult to research, compared to the Knights Templar?

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