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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what website does the excerpt in Chapter 18 come?
(a) FutureScience.com.
(b) ConspiracyNet.com.
(c) RealNews.com.
(d) Infowars.com.

2. How many people were watching the presentation remotely, according to a screen in the auditorium in Chapter 12?
(a) 6 million people.
(b) 10 million people.
(c) 2 million people.
(d) 9 million people.

3. What is described in Chapter 43 as the first online black market to sell illegal drugs?
(a) ConspiracyNet.
(b) The Silk Road.
(c) The Black River.
(d) Infowars.

4. How old was Edmond Kirsch in Chapter 1?
(a) 32.
(b) 40.
(c) 46.
(d) 44.

5. What kind of accent is Winston described as having in Chapter 3?
(a) A British accent.
(b) An Australian accent.
(c) A French accent.
(d) An American accent.

6. What is the Holy Seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid?
(a) Catedral de la Bilbao.
(b) Catedral de la Virgin Mary.
(c) Catedral de la Escanaba.
(d) Catedral de la Almudena.

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

8. Where was the Spanish artist Maruja Mallo from?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Galicia.
(d) Seville.

9. What Jewish religious leader did Kirsch meet with in the Prologue?
(a) Rabbi Ambra Vidal.
(b) Rabbi Diego Garza.
(c) Rabbi Luis Ávila.
(d) Rabbi Yehuda Köves.

10. To what deity did the Greeks attribute the ocean's tides?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Poseidon.

11. Who designed the first 3-D-printed polymer gun?
(a) James Kirkpatrick.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Cody Wilson.
(d) Ross Williams.

12. How did Langdon unlock Edmond Kirsch's phone?
(a) With Kirsch's voice.
(b) With Kirsch's face.
(c) With Kirsch's fingerprint.
(d) With Kirsch's password.

13. Where did Kirsch go to meet with religous leaders in the Prologue?
(a) Catalonia, Spain.
(b) Bilbao, Spain.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) The Sagrada Família.

14. Where was Kirsch shot?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In the torso.
(c) In the back of the head.
(d) In the forehead.

15. What is the Spanish word that means computer?
(a) Ordenador.
(b) Rkenaar.
(c) Moederbord.
(d) Calque.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Guggenheim Museum located that hosted Kirsch's event in Chapter 1?

2. What Muslim scholar questioned the logic of Plato and Aristotle and declared mathematics to be the philosophy of the devil in the end of the 11th century?

3. Who was the ultraconservative dictator that ruled Spain for 36 years?

4. The narrator notes in the Prologue that for many years hundreds of spiritual leaders from nearly 30 world religions had gathered at a different location to participate in interfaith dialogue. When did this annual event begin?

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

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