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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 long had Kirsch allegedly planned to live at the residence that Langdon and Ambra were at in Chapter 53?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. How long ago does the narrator say Father Bena made a deal with Kirsch in accepting his donation for the church in Chapter 65?
(a) 1 month ago.
(b) 2 weeks ago.
(c) 2 months ago.
(d) 3 months ago.

3. To what page did Kirsch request the book of poetry be open and displayed in the basilica crypt?
(a) 163.
(b) 134.
(c) 174.
(d) 166.

4. What term refers to the "and" symbol?
(a) Asterisk.
(b) Semicolon.
(c) Ampersand.
(d) Ellipsis.

5. Who was the insurance broker that had a vision of being crowned pope in 1975, according to the news release in Chapter 62?
(a) Clemente Dominguez y Gomez.
(b) Jordi Mollà.
(c) Francisco de Zurbarán.
(d) Óscar Jaenada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information did Ambra reveal to the prince after his proposal?

2. Why did the first password Langdon entered on Kirsch's computer not work?

3. What is referred to as Spain's national newspaper in the novel?

4. What term did Darwin use to describe the elusive moment of Creation?

5. What did Kirsch use as a metaphor for time travel in his presentation in Chapter 91?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Avila's connection to the Regent?

2. What does "bicameralism" mean? Why is it important in the novel?

3. What is the Valley of the Fallen?

4. Why do Ambra and Langdon lose contact with Winston? How do they regain contact?

5. Why did Kirsch's mother place him in an orphanage?

6. How does Edmond Kirsch's mother's death play into his motivations as an adult?

7. How is the Sagrada Família described?

8. What is on the page of the book that is on display at the church in Chapter 70?

9. Where does Langdon instruct the helicopter pilot to fly in Chapter 80? Why?

10. What is the important clue that Langdon finds in Kirsch's home?

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