View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?
(a) Muhammad Fuad Abdul Baqi.
(b) Aban ibn Uthman.
(c) Abdullah ibn Mubarak.
(d) Hamid al-Ghazali.

4. 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?
(a) The Argon test.
(b) The Turing test.
(c) The Goell test.
(d) The Lamore test.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were watching the presentation remotely, according to a screen in the auditorium in Chapter 12?

2. What did Winston tell Langdon his real name was in Chapter 8?

3. What online news site is featured in Chapter 4?

4. Who was the father of the heliocentric model?

5. How did Langdon come to know Kirsch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Kirsch meet with Langdon before his presentation? Why?

2. How do Langdon and Ambra get to Barcelona after Kirsch's murder?

3. Why does Winston contact Langdon during Kirsch's presentation?

4. What are Langdon's first impressions of Winston?

5. What inner conflict does Ambra struggle with as Kirsch begins his presentation?

6. What does the symbol on Avila's hand represent?

7. How does Avila smuggle in the weapon he uses in the museum? What weapon is it?

8. How does Avila get into the Guggenheim?

9. What symbol(s) appear on the getaway car used by Avila? Why are they significant?

10. What is the essence of Kirsch's discovery, as revealed in the Prologue?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 729 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample