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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. What is one of the uncontroversial facts Casaubon enters into the computer?
(a) The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.
(b) Butter and cheese are made from milk.
(c) There are seven stars in the constellation Orion.
(d) Mickey Mouse is married to Minnie Mouse.

2. What does Belbo think the true goal of the Nazis was?
(a) To find and control the Holy Grail.
(b) To uncover the Templars' knowledge of telluric currents.
(c) To eliminate the Jewish Templars.
(d) To reestablish contact with the other Aryan branches of Templars.

3. What is Salon's profession?
(a) Taxidermist.
(b) Etymologist.
(c) Undertaker.
(d) Tanner.

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

5. Which cloaked individual is leading the ceremony in the Conservatoire?
(a) Diotallevi.
(b) Bramanti.
(c) Aglie.
(d) Belbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Diotallevi give Belbo and Casaubon before leaving for his treatment regimen?

2. Who invited Postel to leave the Templars and join another group, according to Casaubon?

3. After his initiation, Napoleon attempts to seek out a group of Templars in what country?

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

5. What do the cloaked individuals want from Belbo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Casaubon enter randomly chosen lines of text, which have nothing to do with the occult, into the computer?

2. According to Casaubon's theory about the Jesuits, who were the Rosicrucians and the Scottish Rite Freemasons?

3. What does Aglie tell Casaubon's group about the Freemasons?

4. Why does Casaubon include a group not related to the Freemasons when constructing his time line?

5. What happens to Belbo, at the end of the novel?

6. What do Casaubon and Lia talk about while on their family vacation?

7. What are Casaubon's speculations about Mr. Postel, in Chapter 88?

8. Which cloaked individuals does Casaubon recognize?

9. Casaubon believes that John Dee played what role in the disruption of the Templars' line of communication?

10. What happens to Diotallevi in Chapter 101?

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