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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Fache is waiting for the safe to be drilled open, he receives a call from whom?

2. Who calls the Direction Centrale Police Judiciaire in an attempt to contact the Teacher?

3. Sophie and Langdon arrive at ____________ in search of Newton's tomb.

4. Where does Teabing live?

5. What is the name of the thing that Langdon says is a map to the Holy Grail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sophie and Teabing manage to save the keystone when Silas attacks them in Teabing's home?

2. Do you agree with Langdon's decision to go to Teabing's, in Chapters 50 through 54? Why or why not?

3. What conclusions can be drawn from the surveillance post in the barn and what questions does it raise?

4. What does Langdon think is significant about the cryptex?

5. What interesting religious opinions does Teabing reveal to Sophie in this section?

6. How and why has Vernet's attitude changed and what does it mean for Langdon and Sophie in this section?

7. What is Fache's actual role in the book and how is it revealed in Chapters 101 through 104?

8. How does Remy influence the story in Chapters 92 through 95, and what questions does his role in this section raise?

9. How, in this section, does the author emphasize the implications of finding the Holy Grail?

10. What are the reasons that Langdon and Sophie suspect that Jacques passed on his secrets to them as stated in Chapters 59 through 63?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author, Dan Brown, uses plot twists quite often in the book. Describe, in detail, your favorite plot twist. Why was it your favorite? What new information did it provide? What old information did it nullify? Also, how different do you feel the book would have been, had that plot twist not existed?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that Da Vinci really did belong to a secret society and hid clues to the society's secrets in his works? Why or why not? Also, assuming for a moment that Da Vinci did hide secrets in his work, do you feel that it was a good idea for him to do so? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One of the things that Dan Brown implies in the book is that religious beliefs are always flawed or, at least, incomplete in some way. Do you agree with that opinion? Use examples from both the book and real life to explain why or why not.

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