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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. How old was the Camerlengo when he entered the military?

2. What does Langdon first notice about Vittoria when he meets her for the first time?

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

4. What has been taken from Vetra's body when he was killed?

5. What guards the lock to Vetra's lab?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vittoria find to help her see down the hole to the first Altar of Science?

2. Why does Langdon not know the creator of the Illuminati brand?

3. What is the final duty of the Camerlengo?

4. Why did Kohler not call the police when he found Vetra dead in his office?

5. What happens to Kohler just as Langdon and Vittoria get on the plane to head to the Vatican?

6. Where is the real location of the first Altar of Science?

7. What is antimatter?

8. How did Vittoria first meet Vetra?

9. What is the name of the incredibly fast plane that Langdon rides to Switzerland?

10. Where in the book is the footnote that Vittoria finds as a clue to the location of the first Altar of Science?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antimatter was a dangerous but integral part of this plot. What about the antimatter made it so important, and how did its presence affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Kohler was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Kohler had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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