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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. Everyone escapes the house and Teabing then tells them that they are headed to a local airfield to fly where on his jet?

2. Remy tells Silas that Remy was hired by whom?

3. The plane is empty when the inspector boards it except for whom?

4. Sophie felt emotional and could not believe that her grandfather had encoded what into the cryptex?

5. Sophie, Langdon and Teabing have to fabricate a story in order for whom to let them in at 7:30 in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this section of the book (Chapters 74-78) help Sophie to understand her grandfather and help the reader to understand Sophie better?

2. Explain why you do or do not feel bad for Silas.

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

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

5. Who shoots Aringarosa and what are the implications of that?

6. What important things are revealed in Chapters 59 through 63?

7. What does the rain, as Silas enters Opus Dei, seem to symbolize?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which one of the following characters do you feel was least important to the story? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

1. Remy

2. Fache

3. Vernet

Essay Topic 2

Possible corruption within law enforcement is a major part of the book's plot, as we are lead to believe that Fache is the Teacher for quite a while. Name and describe in detail two methods that you would implement in order to cut back on the possibility of corruption in a police organization.

Essay Topic 3

Do you feel that major mysteries such as a the mystery of the Holy Grail were meant to be solved, or do you think that they are too dangerous to pursue or better left unsolved? What are the implications of solving major world mysteries such as the Holy Grail, alien invasions or the Bermuda Triangle, both good and bad? Use examples from life and from the story to back up your stance on solving world mysteries.

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