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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object was Loyola seeking?
(a) The missing piece of the Templars' map.
(b) A piece of Christ's cross.
(c) The Holy Grail.
(d) The Arc of the Covenant.

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

3. What do Casaubon, Diotallevi and Belbo want to to do with the stories created by Abulafia?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Create a new religion.
(c) Start a cult.
(d) Establish a church.

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

5. According to the Plan, where was Napoleon initiated into the Templars?
(a) Spain.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) Bulgaria.

6. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?
(a) Philosophical works.
(b) Great works of art.
(c) Dime store thrillers.
(d) Shakespearean tragedy.

7. 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.

8. What was Diotallevi's reasoning for the advice he gave to Casaubon and Belbo before he left for treatment?
(a) He received information that made him believe they were in imminent danger.
(b) He believes his involvement in the Plan contributed to his health problems.
(c) He didn't want Casaubon and Belbo to know that he was going to be researching in secret while he was away.
(d) He is afraid they will be apprehended when he is not there to help them.

9. What does Casaubon discover, when reading the files he prints out from Belbo's computer?
(a) Belbo has woven the connections they discovered into a fictional account.
(b) Belbo has taken all of the credit for the work done by all three of them.
(c) Belbo has begun to actually believe that the Plan is true.
(d) Belbo knew that he was going to be murdered, and did nothing to stop it.

10. Why does Casaubon choose to enter seemingly meaningless information into Abulafia?
(a) To see if the computer can differentiate between significant and meaningless data.
(b) To see if the computer's calculations are accurate.
(c) To test the theory that all information is truly interconnected.
(d) To throw pursuers off their trail.

11. What does Casaubon think may have caused an interruption in the Templars' relay of information?
(a) The assassination of a group member who was supposed to inform the others.
(b) The Templars being forced underground, and having no way to communicate openly.
(c) A discrepancy between the English and French calendars.
(d) The separation of church and state in England.

12. What does Diotallevi ask Belbo about Abulafia?
(a) Why Belbo chose to name it that.
(b) How long it takes to perform calculations and permutations.
(c) If it could recombine the Torah.
(d) If it could help them solve the mystery of the Sephirot.

13. According to Casaubon's group, what was the reason for the founding of the Rosicrucians?
(a) To provide a place for members of the Templars who were excommunicated, or looking for something else.
(b) To provide a place for the Templars to store their wealth.
(c) To help carry messages between Templar groups unobtrusively.
(d) To expose the true Templar groups in Germany.

14. Which of these is a conclusion of Belbo's that Casaubon finds important?
(a) Queen Elizabeth was involved in the formation and maintenance of the Templar society.
(b) Belbo, Casaubon and Diotallevi are indirect descendants of members of the Knights Templar.
(c) Francis Bacon is also the Viscount St. Albans.
(d) John Dee associated himself with a mysterious woman named Kelly.

15. Where is John Dee's alleged meeting with the mystics?
(a) Prague.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Provins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the computer's output suggest about the crucifixion of Christ?

2. According to Casaubon's reinterpretation of Ardenti's parchment, how often are the Templars instructed to meet?

3. When Casaubon inquires about Aglie in Chapter 112, what response does he receive?

4. According to Casaubon's conclusions after talking to Salon, what role do the Jews play in the Templar conspiracy?

5. Belbo and Casaubon interpret the computer's output to mean that Jesus fathered what line of kings?

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