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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 88-100 (Tiferet 88-100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Casaubon and Belbo meet?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1950s.

2. What is the subject of the book Belbo wants Casaubon to work on?
(a) Metals.
(b) Electroplating.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Herbalism.

3. What does the computer's output suggest about the crucifixion of Christ?
(a) Jesus was crucified, but friends snuck in and freed him before he died.
(b) It was orchestrated by the Jews.
(c) He died of his wounds, not from the crucifixion.
(d) It never happened.

4. What quality of his story does Belbo see as a virtue, instead of a vice?
(a) Its believability.
(b) Its complexity.
(c) Its bizarreness.
(d) Its fictionalization of historical characters.

5. What is the name of the occult book series published by Garamond Press?
(a) Hermetica.
(b) Isis Unveiled.
(c) Diabolicals.
(d) Project Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Casaubon when he runs into his neighbor from Milan?

2. What is the name of the occult book series published by Mr. Garamond's vanity press?

3. How did the Knights Templar become rich?

4. What does Belbo think the true goal of the Nazis was?

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

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