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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 Langdon trapped after the Hassassin kidnaps Vittoria?

2. Where is the antimatter found?

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

4. What does Langdon hear when he tries to call the Vatican after being rescued by the firemen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the second cardinal murdered?

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

3. 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?

4. How did Kohler become paralyzed?

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Kohler find Vetra's journal?

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

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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