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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. What does Vittoria find on the floor outside the upper lab?

2. What does Vittoria use for protection when she and Langdon enter the chapel behind the church containing the first Altar of Science?

3. How many cardinals are missing when the Conclave is supposed to begin?

4. Why has Kohler not called the police about Vetra's murder when he shows Langdon the body?

5. What is Chartrand thinking while patrolling the Pantheon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does Langdon have to find what he needs in the Vatican Archives?

2. How is antimatter stored?

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

4. What is antimatter?

5. Where is the real location of the first Altar of Science?

6. Who does Vetra's killer give the item he stole to after he has completed his almost impossible task?

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

8. Where in the book is the footnote that Vittoria finds as a clue to the location of the first Altar of Science?

9. How did Vittoria first meet Vetra?

10. How much will one square yard of drag slowdown a falling human body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

The antimatter was a dangerous but integral part of this plot. What about the antimatter made it so important, and how did its presence affect the plot?

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