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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who requested that Ambra add Avila's name to the guest list at the last minute?
(a) Someone from the palace.
(b) Someone from the Guardia Real.
(c) Someone from the police station.
(d) Someone from the Science Committee.

3. What did Kirsch write on the business card he gave to Langdon and told him to give to any taxi driver after the presentation and they would know where to take him, in Chapter 9?
(a) BIO-EC346.
(b) SCI-4534.
(c) ECO-RTW343.
(d) BIO-RTS432.

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

5. What did Kirsch describe as the universal mysteries for humankind in Chapter 9?
(a) The search for God and finding humility.
(b) Human creation and human destiny.
(c) The connection with other life creatures.
(d) Whether there is life in space or if we derived from life in space.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Winston help Langdon and Ambra escape the dome in Chapter 27?

2. Where did Allamah Syed al-Fadl note the symbol on the Spaniard who abducted him?

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

4. In what century did the city of Baghdad rise to prominence as the greatest center of learning on earth?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Avila get into the Guggenheim?

2. What happened to Admiral Avila's family? How does this influence his actions in the novel?

3. How does al-Fadl die?

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

5. How do Langdon and Ambra escape the museum after Kirsch's murder?

6. What is "ConspiracyNet.com" and why is it important in the novel?

7. What clues do Langdon and Ambra have to go on regarding Kirsch's computer password?

8. What is the Guardia Real?

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

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

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