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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. How does Belbo begin to feel about the Plan after Diotallevi's departure?
(a) He decides it doesn't matter whether the Plan is true; since he doesn't have anything else, he will believe it is true.
(b) He suddenly divorces himself from it, and refuses to discuss it with Casaubon.
(c) He begins to think that it must be true because it all fits together too perfectly.
(d) He begins to think he was divinely inspired to write the Plan.

2. The group led by the Old Man in the Mountain associates itself with what other group?
(a) The Palestinians.
(b) The Templars.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The Jews.

3. What advice does Diotallevi give Belbo and Casaubon before leaving for his treatment regimen?
(a) To find Aglie and get his advice regarding the Plan.
(b) To lie low for a while and avoid detection.
(c) To designate a meeting place for the three of them when he returns.
(d) To stop investigating the Plan.

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

5. Who demands that Belbo be sacrificed?
(a) Salon.
(b) Lorenza.
(c) The Frenchman.
(d) Aglie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Casaubon believes that the information he printed out from Belbo's computer suggests a connection between the Templars and what other group?

2. Casaubon's group surmises that the purpose of Foucault's pendulum is what?

3. Why does Lorenza make Belbo leave the restaurant where they are supposed to have lunch?

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

5. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Belbo, at the end of the novel?

3. What do Salon and Casaubon talk about when Casaubon visits Salon in his shop?

4. What do Casaubon and Lia talk about while on their family vacation?

5. What are Casaubon's speculations about Mr. Postel, in Chapter 88?

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

7. What was Napoleon's role in the Jesuit-Templar conflict?

8. What does Aglie tell Casaubon's group about the Freemasons?

9. What does Lia try to explain to Casaubon, in Chapter 63?

10. What was the relationship between the Templars and the Jesuits, according to Casaubon's theory?

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