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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 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Casaubon most surprised to see at the ceremony at the Conservatoire?

2. Who is mentioned as being a Russian adept and Tzarist agent?

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

4. What object was Loyola seeking?

5. Who began an anti-Semitic campaign to draw out the Jewish Templars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is set up by the cloaked individuals in the Conservatoire?

2. What does the group of cloaked individuals want with Belbo?

3. Which cloaked individuals does Casaubon recognize?

4. What happens during the trip Belbo takes with Lorenza?

5. According to Casaubon's group, what were some of the Jesuits' accomplishments?

6. What experiment does Casaubon want to conduct with Abulafia?

7. What does Casaubon do after the night at the Conservatoire?

8. What deduction do Casaubon and his group make about the Pendulum's purpose, in Chapter 99?

9. What happens to Diotallevi in Chapter 101?

10. What story does Casaubon's group devise from Abulafia's output?

(see the answer keys)

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