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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Casaubon and others are invited to join Aglie at an occult ritual outside of what city?
(a) Firenze.
(b) Turin.
(c) Milan.
(d) Rome.

2. Why is Amparo so upset after the ritual?
(a) She felt as if she had been taken advantage of during the ritual.
(b) She was unprepared for it, and now feels overwhelmed.
(c) She is angry at Aglie for forcing her to attend it.
(d) She feels that her nationality may be more powerful than her rationality.

3. The Knights Templar began during what time?
(a) The First Crusade.
(b) The conversion of Rome to Christianity.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) The years following the death of Christ.

4. To what order does Professor Bramanti belong?
(a) The Cabbalists.
(b) The Knights Templar.
(c) The Freemasons.
(d) The Rosicrucians.

5. Where does Aglie live?
(a) Provins.
(b) New York.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Milan.

6. Why does Casaubon have difficulty researching the group that interests him, in Chapter 27?
(a) The Church denies the existence of the group.
(b) There is no written evidence of the group's existence.
(c) Everyone believes the group exists, but no one will admit that they are a member.
(d) He has alienated himself from his contacts who are also interested in esoteric lore.

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

8. Who checked out the book Casaubon was looking for at the library?
(a) Salon.
(b) Lorenza.
(c) Belbo.
(d) De Angelis.

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

10. Lorenza has encounters with the occult through her association with what group?
(a) Picatrix.
(b) Cabbalists.
(c) Gevurah.
(d) Rosicrucians.

11. What is The Plan?
(a) An important part of Jewish prophecy.
(b) A game, invented by Casaubon and his friends.
(c) An obscure Biblical narrative.
(d) A secret Vatican conspiracy.

12. Lorenza claims, in Chapter 49, that Aglie gave her what item?
(a) An old and valuable text.
(b) A piece of parchment.
(c) An elixir.
(d) A chalice.

13. What does Mr. Garamond name the project he begins in Chapter 43?
(a) Project Creation.
(b) The Templar Project.
(c) The De Molay Experiment.
(d) Project Hermes.

14. Some claim that the rituals and ideals of the Knights Templar were carried on by what other group?
(a) The Episcopal Church.
(b) The Freemasons.
(c) The Quakers.
(d) The Crusaders.

15. What did the other two men present at the meeting call Aglie?
(a) Hermes.
(b) De Molay.
(c) Comte.
(d) Signor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the other publishing company Mr. Garamond runs?

2. What is the name of Casaubon's Milanese neighbor?

3. Where does Casaubon eventually choose to hide, in Chapter 1?

4. What is the subject of the book Belbo wants Casaubon to work on?

5. What happened to the political radicals in Milan, while Casaubon was away?

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