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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 is left of the antimatter after going through the annihilation tank?

2. Where did Vetra first go to study physics?

3. Who is the author of the book that Langdon needs to find before the antimatter explodes?

4. What does Langdon give the Camerlengo when he first enters his office?

5. Why does Langdon highly doubt that the Illuminati are really behind Vetra's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vittoria find to help her see down the hole to the first Altar of Science?

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

4. How does Vittoria get a hold of the Camerlengo when she and Langdon are detained at the Vatican?

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

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

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

8. Where was Raphael buried?

9. How was the first cardinal murdered?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion and science are two themes that are present throughout the entire book. How do these themes affect the plot, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The Camerlengo was an interesting and terribly complex character in this book. What are some of his greatest eccentricities, and how does his presence shape the outcome of the book.

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