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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room number is printed on a sign above the entrance to Kirsch's lab?
(a) Room 24.
(b) Room 7.
(c) Room 13.
(d) Room 21.

2. Where was Edmond Kirsch born?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

3. What was the name of the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) ALF.
(b) HAL.
(c) MEL.
(d) ART.

4. How long ago did the guard say the king had departed from El Escorial when the prince arrived in Chapter 76?
(a) 1 hour ago.
(b) 30 minutes ago.
(c) 15 minutes ago.
(d) 2 hours ago.

5. What is a noteworthy trait of Langdon's that repeatedly presents obstacles to him in the narrative?
(a) He is claustrophobic.
(b) He is epileptic.
(c) He is acrophobic.
(d) He is agoraphobic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rare ultradense chemical element was the cube coated with in Kirsch's lab?

2. What visionary architect widened all the intersections in a Barcelona district by shaving the corners off square blocks and creating mini plazas, according to the narrator in Chapter 80?

3. To what religion did Edmond Kirsch's mother adhere?

4. Who was the insurance broker that had a vision of being crowned pope in 1975, according to the news release in Chapter 62?

5. What world chess champion did the supercomputer Deep Blue defeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Guardia Real agents in the Sagrada Família?

2. How does Edmond Kirsch's mother's death play into his motivations as an adult?

3. Why do Ambra and Langdon lose contact with Winston? How do they regain contact?

4. Where does Langdon instruct the helicopter pilot to fly in Chapter 80? Why?

5. What is ironic about Kirsch's computer lab?

6. What does Julian's father confess to him?

7. What does "bicameralism" mean? Why is it important in the novel?

8. What do the vials and needles in Kirsch's home indicate?

9. How does Avila die?

10. How did Avila become involved in the plot of killing Kirsch?

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