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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 the Camerlengo do after telling the Conclave members the truth about the missing cardinals?

2. Where does the Camerlengo go once he is in the helicopter with the antimatter canister?

3. How is the Cardinal at the fourth Alter of Science killed?

4. Where does Langdon shoot the Hassassin after the fourth Cardinal is killed?

5. Who is the Camerlengo shocked to see in the room with the Cardinals after his miraculous return?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Vittoria tries to give the second cardinal mouth-to-mouth?

2. What does Vittoria see in the dead Pope's body that indicates he was poisoned?

3. Who is the 11th hour Samaritan?

4. How does Langdon find the Church of Illumination once he is inside the Castle of the Angel?

5. What causes Dr. Jacobus to start believing in a higher being?

6. What happens with Langdon and Vittoria at the end of the book?

7. Why doesn't Langdon climb a ladder to reach the third cardinal before he burns to death?

8. How did Kohler become paralyzed?

9. Where does Kohler find Vetra's journal?

10. How was the second cardinal murdered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Dan Brown have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Secrecy was an extremely important theme of this book. What were some of the most highly guarded secrets, and how did these secrets affect those who were a part of them? Is secrecy a good thing? Why or why not?

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