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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Belbo claims he is being chased by whom?
(a) The Knights Templar.
(b) The French military.
(c) The Rosicrucians.
(d) The Vatican police.

2. Which member of Casaubon's group leaves to go home before arriving at the ritual?
(a) Lorenza.
(b) Salon.
(c) Diotallevi.
(d) Belbo.

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

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

5. What saint helped to establish and protect the Knights Templar?
(a) Saint Bernard.
(b) Saint Catherine.
(c) Saint Michael.
(d) Saint Francis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Casaubon move, in Chapter 25?

2. Why does Belbo want Casaubon to meet Mr. Garamond, in Chapter 37?

3. Casaubon's neighbor suggests that there is something mysterious about what?

4. When did Casaubon and Belbo meet?

5. Which of these is NOT one of the four types of people, according to Belbo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Signor Aglie described?

2. What do Casaubon and Belbo overhear when they go to visit Aglie?

3. How did Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi meet?

4. What is Aglie's response when Casaubon asks him why he associates himself with so many different occult practices?

5. What is Project Hermes?

6. What is Casaubon doing, as the novel opens?

7. What is the Plan?

8. What idea does Mr. Garamond get from his meeting with Professor Bramanti?

9. What offer does Casaubon receive from Belbo in Chapter 37?

10. What are the origins of the religious traditions of Brazil, according to Aglie's discussion with Casaubon and Amparo?

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