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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. Langdon attempts to convince Teabing that he knows the answer to the riddle and they need to go back to where to view it?

2. How is the text of the unfamiliar script on the inlay coded?

3. What is the name of Langdon's editor in New York?

4. Sophie is secretly hopeful that the whole adventure will lead to answers about what?

5. Sophie recounts her story discovering her grandfather was involved in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Langdon figure out that caused Fache to frame Langdon for murder?

2. How does the point of view change in Chapter 83, and what new insights does it give?

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

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

5. What do you think are Fache's motivations in the book, and what do you think it says about him as a man?

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

7. What surprising twist does the story take with regard to Remy, and how might it change future events?

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

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

Although the book doesn't detail Robert Langdon's history, certain assumptions can be made about him. He is clearly more of an analytical thinker than a believer in divine influence.

1. Are you an analytical thinker like Robert Langdon? Why or why not?

2. List five reasons that someone might believe in divine influence and five reasons that they might not.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following people and describe, in detail, the inner conflicts of his/her character using several examples from the book:

1. Jacques

2. Sophie

3. Silas

Essay Topic 3

Leigh Teabing, it is revealed late in the book, is the actual Teacher. What are Teabing's motivations? Also, was there a point, before the secret was revealed, that you suspected Teabing of being the Teacher? Why or why not? Also, if so, what was the first thing that made you suspect him?

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