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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 thinks that Nazis were a branch of what?
(a) Neo-Templars.
(b) Rosicrucians.
(c) Zionists.
(d) Jesuits.

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

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

4. The Tzarist agent was central in creating what?
(a) The underground communication system of the Templars.
(b) The Russian branch of the Rosicrucians.
(c) The branch of the Templars which protected the Tzar and his closest advisors.
(d) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

5. Which is NOT a meeting place of the Templars, according to Casaubon's interpretation of the parchment?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Belbo's boyhood home?

2. Where does Casaubon go to inquire about Aglie in Chapter 112?

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

4. Belbo feels that real life is like what type of fiction?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group of cloaked individuals want with Belbo?

2. What experiment does Casaubon want to conduct with Abulafia?

3. What happens to Casaubon at the end of the novel?

4. What does Belbo say about the believability of the Plan, in Chapter 100?

5. What does Casaubon do after the night at the Conservatoire?

6. What happens in the story Belbo creates from Abulafia's printouts?

7. What does Lia try to explain to Casaubon, in Chapter 63?

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

9. What is set up by the cloaked individuals in the Conservatoire?

10. What happens to Belbo after receiving the last piece of the Plan from Salon?

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