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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. Teabing loses his balance, sending what flying through the air, during the confrontation with Silas?

2. Langdon, Sophie and Teabing now try to brainstorm code words containing how many letters that could fit the riddle in the text?

3. What is the name of the device inside the box that Langdon and Sophie open after escaping from the bank?

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

5. When Remy joins Silas in the driver's seat of the limo, he puts up a partition. Not long after, Silas's cell phone rings with a call from whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Teabing point out about the painting of The Last Supper and what questions does it raise?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Symbolism is a major theme of the Da Vinci Code, especially with regard to religion. Choose any three symbols from the book and explain what we are told that they stand for in the book. Also, explain whether or not you agree with the explanation of each. Use examples from the book and, if necessary, real life, to back up your answers.

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