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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. What sets the missing cardinals apart from the others?

2. Why are the Vatican Archives hermetically sealed?

3. What does Langdon use to remove the bag that surrounds the book he was looking for?

4. What did Vetra create in one of his experiments to prove Genesis?

5. Who tells Vittoria and Langdon where the first Altar of Science is when they realize they are in the wrong place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the final duty of the Camerlengo?

2. What is held in Vault 10 of the Vatican Archives?

3. Why is Vittoria unable to call the authorities when she realizes the large specimen of antimatter is gone?

4. How is antimatter stored?

5. Aside from the human lives, what else is the antimatter threatening by being housed in the Vatican?

6. How did the ancient Illuminati use their influence and power to avenge those who treated them poorly?

7. How does Vittoria get a hold of the Camerlengo when she and Langdon are detained at the Vatican?

8. What is antimatter?

9. How was the first cardinal murdered?

10. How did Vittoria first meet Vetra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pride is a very basic and obvious themes in this book. What is the difference between pride and confidence and where in the book do these themes appear?

Essay Topic 2

A huge emphasis is placed on the arts in this book. Where are some of the best examples of this emphasis and how did this emphasis change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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