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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Casaubon want Belbo to use Abulafia for?
(a) Keeping a journal of ideas, to which they can refer later.
(b) Organizing all of the information Casaubon has uncovered so far.
(c) Combining information from the Diabolicals' manuscripts.
(d) Calculating all the possible permutations of the name of God.

2. How does Lia feel about the Plan?
(a) She begins to become interested in it, despite her initial aversion.
(b) She refuses to discuss it with Casaubon.
(c) She is as whole-heartedly interested as Casaubon is.
(d) She thinks it is absurd, and tries to get Casaubon to drop it.

3. Casaubon believes that the information he printed out from Belbo's computer suggests a connection between the Templars and what other group?
(a) Spanish Inquisitors.
(b) French Rosicrucians.
(c) French Freemasons.
(d) British Freemasons.

4. Why doesn't Casaubon bring anyone with him to help Belbo?
(a) There is no one in Milan to help him.
(b) He doesn't dare tell anyone about Belbo's predicament.
(c) Everyone Casaubon knows has turned against Belbo.
(d) No one knows Casaubon is still associated with Belbo.

5. What is the Greek word for knowledge that Casaubon mentions?
(a) Gnosis.
(b) Deus.
(c) Philos.
(d) Diabolos.

6. What were the relations between Napoleon and the Jesuits and Jews?
(a) Napoleon was always friendly with the Jesuits and Jews.
(b) Napoleon eventually realigned himself, after a period of animosity, with the Jesuits and Jews.
(c) Napoleon was ambivalent regarding the Jesuits and Jews.
(d) Napoleon declared open war on the Jesuits and Jews.

7. In Chapter 88, Casaubon tries to understand the role of what group in the Templar conspiracy?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Anglican church.
(c) The Muslims.
(d) The Jesuits.

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

9. Why does the mysterious caller ask Belbo to go to Paris?
(a) To give a lecture at the Conservatoire.
(b) To visit the dying Diotallevi.
(c) To divulge the secret map.
(d) To create a new secret society.

10. Aglie claims that there are how many groups associated with Freemasonry?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. According to Salon, followers of which faith are plotting to harness the underground energies?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

12. What group does Casaubon think Postel joined, after being a Templar initiate?
(a) The Society of Jesus.
(b) The Freemasons.
(c) The Anglo-Saxons.
(d) The Rosicrucians.

13. When Casaubon inquires about Aglie in Chapter 112, what response does he receive?
(a) The person doesn't know who Casaubon is talking about.
(b) The person knows who Aglie is, and tells Casaubon where to find him.
(c) The person gets angry, and refuses to give Casaubon any information.
(d) The person looks surprised, and Casaubon leaves.

14. To what country does Casaubon travel to visit a Templar temple?
(a) Russia.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Brazil.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Casaubon think John Dee's motivations were?

2. Who does Aglie bring to the ceremony at the Conservatoire, sedated?

3. What is Casaubon doing at the end of the novel?

4. What decisions did Lia make regarding her unborn baby?

5. It becomes clear in Chapter 101 that Diotallevi is dying from what?

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