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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. Silas takes off his wet clothes and kneels to pray. Just then, downstairs, the London police call looking for what?

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

4. The vial of ___________ within the keystone shatters and the liquid leaks out.

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

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

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

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

5. How does the relationship between Langdon and Sophie change, in Chapters 79 through 84, and what events are foreshadowed that may cause them to have conflicting views?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use examples from specific parts of the book to back up your answers to both of the following questions:

Part 1: Discuss Sophie's relationship with her grandfather and how it influenced her choice of work.

Part 2: What other line of work could you picture Sophie in and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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