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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. Where is Agartha located?
(a) In another dimension.
(b) High in the Himalayas.
(c) In the Dead Sea.
(d) Under the tectonic plate Italy rests on.

2. What happens to Amparo during the ritual she attends with Aglie?
(a) She is possessed.
(b) She hallucinates.
(c) She has an allergic reaction to the incense.
(d) She becomes ill, and collapses.

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

4. What is the topic of Casaubon's dissertation?
(a) The Knights Templar.
(b) The Inquisition.
(c) The history of the Catholic church.
(d) Pope Innocent III.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Aglie live?

3. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?

4. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?

5. Who checked out the book Casaubon was looking for at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed, in Italy, during the time that Casaubon was living in Brazil?

2. How did Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi meet?

3. What do Casaubon and De Angelis discuss at their second meeting?

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

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

6. What does Casaubon witness at the ceremonies Aglie invited him and his group to?

7. What does Aglie tell Casaubon about Agartha?

8. What are the two publishing companies run by Mr. Garamond?

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

10. How is Signor Aglie described?

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