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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Langdon think the first Altar of Science is after finding the book he was looking for?

2. When did the BBC run articles with warnings of the growing power of the Illuminati?

3. What does Kohler tell Langdon has answered most of man's questions in the recent years?

4. What does Robert Langdon do when Kohler contacts him?

5. How many of the Catholic cardinals are in the Vatican City due to the Pope's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Illuminati vow to do when they began to emerge after being persecuted by the Catholic church?

2. Why did the Pope not receive an autopsy when he died?

3. Why did Vetra's killer gouge his eye out?

4. What happens to Kohler just as Langdon and Vittoria get on the plane to head to the Vatican?

5. What questions was Vetra trying to answer when he began his work at CERN?

6. How did the ancient Illuminati use their influence and power to avenge those who treated them poorly?

7. Aside from the human lives, what else is the antimatter threatening by being housed in the Vatican?

8. How is antimatter stored?

9. What happens in a Conclave?

10. What is the final duty of the Camerlengo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and dominance were things sought by many different characters in this book. Which characters sought for power and who was successful?

Essay Topic 2

A huge emphasis is placed on the arts in this book. Where are some of the best examples of this emphasis and how did this emphasis change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The four elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water are all very important to the plot of this book. Why were these elements so important, and what did they each symbolize, separately and together?

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