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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 - 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Langdon come to know Kirsch?
(a) Langdon was Kirsch's professor.
(b) Langdon is Kirsch's uncle.
(c) Langdon is Kirsch's brother-in-law.
(d) Kirsch was Langdon's professor.

2. What serves as the inciting incident which sets off the rising action of the novel?
(a) The introduction of Winston.
(b) The murder of Kirsch.
(c) The murder of Langdon.
(d) The arrest of Ambra.

3. Who was the blacksmith to the Roman gods?
(a) Mars.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Juno.

4. In Chapter 8, Langdon asked Winston what the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at on what date?
(a) June 12, 1999.
(b) August 25, 1974.
(c) September 23, 1991.
(d) April 23, 1970.

5. Where were Avila's wife and son when they were killed by a bombing?
(a) The Cathedral of Seville.
(b) The Cathedral of Bilbao.
(c) The Cathedral of Madrid.
(d) The Cathedral of Grenada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the narrative coined the phrase "God of the Gaps"?

2. Where was the Superconducting Super Collider located, according to Kirsch in Chapter 20?

3. What test is described in Chapter 8 as a challenge to assess a machine's ability to behave in a way that is indistinguishable from a person?

4. What was the first 3-D-printed polymer gun called?

5. What Guardia Real agent set out in pursuit of Kirsch's killer after the fact in Chapter 21

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