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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 on the television as he leaves the Vatican Archives for the second time?

2. What time is it when Langdon looks at his watch while trapped in the Archives?

3. How is the general public told about the kidnapped and murdered cardinals?

4. What does the Camerlengo ask Langdon and Vittoria to do while they are heading towards the antimatter?

5. Where are all the Popes buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Hassassin not kill Vittoria like he did Olivetti in the burning church?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How did Kohler become paralyzed?

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

9. How does the Hassassin die?

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

Power and dominance were things sought by many different characters in this book. Which characters sought for power and who was successful?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How do Langdon and Vittoria change through the course of the book, individually and in their relationship with one another, and what causes these changes?

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