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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 guards the lock to Vetra's lab?

2. What does Olivetti give Vittoria when she leaves the car to enter what Langdon thinks is the first Altar of Science?

3. How does Kohler first contact Langdon?

4. How long before the book begins did the Pope die?

5. Why does Vittoria feel so guilty when she sees that the large specimen of antimatter is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vetra's killer gouge his eye out?

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

3. How did Vittoria first meet Vetra?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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