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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. How does Casaubon feel about the items he sees in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers?
(a) He wonders if their makers were involved in occult activities.
(b) He wonders why people are so interested in old machinery.
(c) He hardly takes notice of them.
(d) He suspects a dark, occult purpose for each one.

2. How many group members are ordered into the room by the leader of the ceremony?
(a) 24.
(b) 16.
(c) 36.
(d) 42.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Casaubon reads a story, written by Belbo during his boyhood, about what musical instrument?

2. Casaubon realizes that the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers was built on whose property?

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

4. Which is NOT a meeting place of the Templars, according to Casaubon's interpretation of the parchment?

5. What was Diotallevi's reasoning for the advice he gave to Casaubon and Belbo before he left for treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Casaubon's group devise from Abulafia's output?

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

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

4. What was the relationship between the Templars and the Jesuits, according to Casaubon's theory?

5. What was Napoleon's role in the Jesuit-Templar conflict?

6. According to Casaubon's group, what were some of the Jesuits' accomplishments?

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

8. What conclusion does Belbo reach, regarding Francis Bacon, in the Plan?

9. What happens to Diotallevi in Chapter 101?

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

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