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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. Which of the following is not one of the symbols Teabing tells Sophie was created to represent Mary?

2. Collet receives a phone call from Andre Vernet looking for whom?

3. When he realizes that he must go to London, Aringarosa bribes the pilot with what?

4. Sophie notices that the tenth tomb does not have __________ and she calls the others over.

5. Vernet decides to conduct his own investigation and orders every piece of information on whom from Interpol?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the major plot twist in Chapters 96 through 100?

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

3. How is symbolism used in this section of the book (Chapters 74-78), to tie up the symbols that were used throughout previous sections of the book?

4. Why does Langdon feel that the riddle on the inlay was written in English?

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

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

7. Explain the encounter between Langdon, Sophie and Teabing and the police at the airport.

8. What important twist occurs in Chapter 87 and how does the author use it to build suspense?

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

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

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

In the book, there is quite a bit of corruption within the Opus Dei order. What major real life organizations might that be compared to and in what ways? Use examples from both the book and real life to support your answers.

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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