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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 sets the missing cardinals apart from the others?

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

3. How long does it take Robert to reach Switzerland?

4. What does Kohler send for Langdon after he agrees to meet with Kohler?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is antimatter stored?

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

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

4. What proved that the Big Bang Theory was true?

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

6. Why did Kohler not call the police when he found Vetra dead in his office?

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

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

9. What is depicted in the statue marking the first Altar of Science?

10. What was the artist Raphael's surname?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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