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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. Aringarosa was summoned where five months earlier tfor a secret meeting?
(a) the Vatican's kitchen
(b) the Vatican's Astronomy Library
(c) the Vatican's basement
(d) the Vatican's secret center of operations

2. Silas has received information about the location of something called what?
(a) headstone
(b) cypherstone
(c) cryptostone
(d) keystone

3. The Embassy tells Fache that they have no _____________.
(a) note for Langdon
(b) automated message system
(c) note for Fache
(d) record of a phone call

4. The Bishop is curt with the group when they hand over a large briefcase containing what?
(a) stolen artwork
(b) bonds
(c) secret documents
(d) cash

5. Sister Sandrine Bieil lived in a suite within the Church of what?
(a) Saint-Sacrifice
(b) Saint-Sarnalice
(c) Saint-Sulpice
(d) Saint-Suffice

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written in invisible ink on the key?

2. Langdon believes Da Vinci's work contains a message of androgyny by making Mona Lisa an anagram for the female and male Egyptian gods of fertility--Lisa and ________.

3. At the museum, Robert is met by Captain ________.

4. Part of the message the curator left before he died read what?

5. Silas reveals a compartment and reaches in to find what with a Bible verse referenced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Silas' motivations, based on his actions in the first couple of chapters?

2. Describe Sophie's role in Langdon's visit to the museum so far.

3. What is the significance of Friday the 13th according to this section of the book?

4. Why does Fache dislike Sophie, in Chapters 9 and 10, and do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not?

5. If you were Langdon and the police wanted to question you about Jacques' murder, what would you do?

6. What is foreshadowing and how does foreshadowing begin to play into the story, especially with regard to Langdon?

7. What does Langdon seem to be trusting Sophie more and do you agree with his decision to do so?

8. How is the relationship between Silas and Aringarosa expanded upon in Chapters 39 through 41, and what might the consequences be?

9. How do Sophie's motivations seem suspicious, in Chapters 11 through 14?

10. How is Jacques' museum message resolved in Chapters 29-31?

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