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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 missing from her lab?

2. What does Vittoria see in the Margins of the book Langdon was looking for?

3. What was the deadly army of the ancient brotherhood called?

4. When did Langdon become interested in the Illuminati?

5. What is the name of the machine that Langdon sees three people floating around in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in a Conclave?

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

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

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

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

7. Where was Raphael buried?

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

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

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

Langdon endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does Langdon learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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