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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 do Langdon and Vittoria do when they enter what Langdon thinks is the first Altar of Science?

2. What does Kohler do when he is breathing well again?

3. Who performed the ritual to confirm the Pope's death?

4. What number security camera has been misplaced by the person on the walkie-talkie shortly after Langdon meets Vittoria?

5. Why does Langdon want access to the Vatican Archives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is antimatter stored?

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

5. What is held in Vault 10 of the Vatican Archives?

6. What does Langdon give the Camerlengo when they first meet in the Pope's Office?

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

8. Why does Langdon feel it is unlikely that an Illuminati man really killed Vetra?

9. How was the first cardinal murdered?

10. What is the name of the incredibly fast plane that Langdon rides to Switzerland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The power and influence of the media is a theme that Brown touches on a number of times. What are some of the places where this theme is present, and what affect does it have on the course of the plot? Why do you think this was an important theme to Brown?

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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