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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who promised Admiral Luis Avila that he would be admitted to the museum, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Edmond Kirsch.
(b) The Prince.
(c) The King.
(d) The Regent.

2. Where was the Superconducting Super Collider located, according to Kirsch in Chapter 20?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Nevada.

3. Who was blamed for Kirsch and al-Fadl's deaths in the phone call that Garza listened to in Chapter 41?
(a) Bishop Valdespino.
(b) Paloma Calvo.
(c) Father Joaquim Beña.
(d) Robert Langdon.

4. Where is the largest synagogue in Europe located?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Spain.
(c) Israel.
(d) Budapest.

5. What word refers to the notion that life on earth was seeded from another planet by a meteor or cosmic dust?
(a) Panspermia.
(b) Athemia.
(c) Habilis donata.
(d) Alfertilization.

6. Where did Kirsch earn his undergraduate degree?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

7. How did Winston help Langdon and Ambra escape the dome in Chapter 27?
(a) He shut off the lights.
(b) He rang the alarms.
(c) He set off the sprinklers.
(d) He locked all the doors.

8. Who greeted Kirsch when he got off the train in the Prologue?
(a) Rabbi Yehuda Köves.
(b) Bishop Antonio Valdespino.
(c) Prince Julián.
(d) Winston.

9. What piece of art was Winston directed by Kirsch to specifically show Langdon in Chapter 8?
(a) "The Cube."
(b) "Torqued Spiral."
(c) "Interior War."
(d) "Pytt i Panna."

10. Across what river does the Szechenyi Bridge stretch?
(a) The Danube River.
(b) The Seine River.
(c) The Rhine River.
(d) The Nile River.

11. What modern artist who specialized in simple rectangles of color is mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Mark Rothko.
(b) Andy Warhol.
(c) Jackson Pollack.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

12. What artist created "The Matter of Time," according to Winston in Chapter 8?
(a) Monet.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Serra.
(d) Manet.

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

14. How are Avila's rosary beads described in Chapter 7?
(a) Made of opal.
(b) Unusually heavy.
(c) Made of bamboo.
(d) Unusually light.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were hidden in in the side bars of Avila's crucifix?

2. Who was the pilot of Kirsch's private plane that Winston ordered to fly Langdon and Ambra in Chapter 38?

3. What is described in Chapter 43 as the first online black market to sell illegal drugs?

4. Who was the Islamic leader that Kirsch met with in the Prologue?

5. What is the Holy Seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid?

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