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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 Langdon see in a book in the archives that he thinks is a sign of the correct position of the third Altar of Science?

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

3. How do Vittoria and Langdon get into the burning church?

4. Why do the people in St. Peter's Square cry out in jubilation after hours of silence from the Vatican?

5. Why is Kohler paralyzed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Pope poisoned with?

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

3. How does the Hassassin die?

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

5. How did Kohler become paralyzed?

6. Where does Kohler find Vetra's journal?

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

8. What does the Camerlengo say when Langdon first tries to jump in the helicopter with him?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pride is a very basic and obvious themes in this book. What is the difference between pride and confidence and where in the book do these themes appear?

Essay Topic 2

Religion and science are two themes that are present throughout the entire book. How do these themes affect the plot, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

A huge emphasis is placed on the arts in this book. Where are some of the best examples of this emphasis and how did this emphasis change the course of the plot?

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