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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. How did Edmond Kirsch's father die?
(a) He had a massive heart attack.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He developed cancer.

2. What does "castigo divino" translate to in English?
(a) Divine retribution.
(b) Divine blessings.
(c) Divine punishment.
(d) Divine vision.

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

4. When did Francisco Franco conceive the Valley of the Fallen?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

5. Who was the physical therapist who proposed a meeting between Avila and the pope?
(a) Marco.
(b) Roger.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the news releas in Chapter 46, it states that current viewership of mainstream networks covering Kirsch's death is now estimated to be approximately how many?

2. What was Edmond Kirsch's first computer?

3. What is the global organization endorsing a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements that boasted such members as Richard Dawkins and Margaret Downey, according to the narrator in Chapter 55?

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

5. What did Kirsch use as a metaphor for time travel in his presentation in Chapter 91?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the important clue that Langdon finds in Kirsch's home?

2. What is the Valley of the Fallen?

3. What is the Palmerian Catholic Church? When was it founded?

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

5. How does Avila die?

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

7. Who is "monte@iglesia.org"?

8. Why did Kirsch's mother place him in an orphanage?

9. Why is Commander Garza arrested?

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

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