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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 111-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aglie ask Belbo to do for him?
(a) Help him investigate a new lead that he found.
(b) Bring a suitcase full of books to Florence.
(c) Pass a message along to one of Aglie's friends.
(d) Convey a message to Casaubon.

2. What is Casaubon doing at the end of the novel?
(a) Seeking refuge at the Vatican.
(b) Sitting at his house, waiting for the occultists to track him down and kill him.
(c) Traveling back to Brazil, trying to find Amparo so he can warn her.
(d) Trying to find the last branch of the Templars and plead for their help.

3. Who is Ingolf?
(a) A "lunatic" who submitted his manuscript, about the Templars, to Belbo's company.
(b) A well-read man, who found a mysterious parchment in a tunnel.
(c) One of Casaubon's professors, and a revolutionary.
(d) A rich Parisian who collected a wealth of information about the Templars.

4. Why does Lorenza make Belbo leave the restaurant where they are supposed to have lunch?
(a) She sees a cockroach crawl under their table.
(b) Their table is near Aglie's.
(c) She owes money to the owner.
(d) She thinks they are being watched.

5. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?
(a) 804.
(b) 1156.
(c) 1422.
(d) 1307.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Agartha?

3. Who demands that Belbo be sacrificed?

4. How does Belbo begin to feel about the Plan after Diotallevi's departure?

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

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