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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. Where is the fourth Altar of Science?

2. What did a priest once tell Kohler his paralysis was?

3. What information does Langdon want from the Hassassin before he kills him?

4. How do the police find and resuce Langdon after the fire in the church is put out?

5. How was the second cardinal killed by the Hassassin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kohler doing as Langdon is trying to escape from the overturned sarcophagus?

2. How does Kohler think his experience at the Vatican will end?

3. Where does Langdon land after falling from the helicopter?

4. How did Kohler become paralyzed?

5. What are the people in St. Peter's Square chanting when they see the Camerlengo appear on the Basilica after the explosion of the antimatter?

6. What relic in St. Peter's Square has a clue that indicates Air?

7. Why did Vittoria want the canister of antimatter to stay in the catacombs?

8. Why does the Hassassin not alert the media to the site of the third Altar of Science?

9. What does the new Pope tell Langdon to do with his secret information about the Camerlengo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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