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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date on the New York Times article that Kirsch presented in his speech in Chapter 91?
(a) March 8, 1947.
(b) March 8, 1953.
(c) March 8, 1965.
(d) March 8, 1958.

2. Who received a call giving him the whereabouts of Langdon and Ambra in Chapter 45?
(a) Kirsch.
(b) Siegel.
(c) Garza.
(d) Fonseca.

3. Whose quote is framed above the door to Kirsch's lab?
(a) James Joyce's.
(b) Winston Churchill's.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt's.
(d) William Blake's.

4. Who suggested that Valdespino had taken the prince hostage in Chapter 45?
(a) Monica Martin.
(b) Dr. Mateo Valero.
(c) Syed al-Fadl.
(d) Captain Josh Siegel.

5. Why did Kirsch say he wanted to have the volume of poetry placed near Gaudi's tomb?
(a) As a tribute to his late father.
(b) As a tribute to his late mother.
(c) As an apology to God.
(d) As a tribute to Gaudi.

6. Who wrote Letter to a Christian Nation?
(a) Roger Waters.
(b) James Williams.
(c) Sam Harris.
(d) Peter Hall.

7. What was the name of Edmond Kirsch's mother?
(a) Ambra Vidal.
(b) Eliza Garza.
(c) Suresh Bhalla.
(d) Paloma Calvo.

8. Who was the only person other than the prince who had the authority to erase a call from the palace?
(a) Agent Rafa Díaz.
(b) Commander Garza.
(c) Jeremy England.
(d) Suresh Bhalla.

9. Whose style did Winston's self-portrait mimic?
(a) Klimt's.
(b) Picasso's.
(c) Brunet's.
(d) Miro's.

10. When did Palmarian pope Clemente lose both of his eyeballs in a car accident?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1945.

11. What is the world headquarters for the Palmarian Church called?
(a) The Mount of Diego de Almagro.
(b) The Mount of St. Mary.
(c) The Mount of Christ the King.
(d) The Mount of the Water Bearers.

12. How long ago did Winston say Kirsch had learned about his illness in Chapter 53?
(a) 10 months ago.
(b) 22 months ago.
(c) 12 days ago.
(d) 6 weeks ago.

13. When did Francisco Franco conceive the Valley of the Fallen?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1960.

14. What had Winston calculated as the amount of time Kirsch had left to live when he was murdered?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

15. What information did Ambra reveal to the prince after his proposal?
(a) She was already married.
(b) She was terminally ill.
(c) She was wanted.
(d) She was infertile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number is printed on a sign above the entrance to Kirsch's lab?

2. What was Edmond Kirsch's first computer?

3. Who wrote the poem from which Kirsch derived his computer password?

4. Who wrote Don Quixote?

5. What was the name of the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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