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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 is the museum alarm set off?
(a) A security guard hits a switch.
(b) A window is broken.
(c) An invisible laser trap is triggered.
(d) A painting is pulled off the wall.

2. Sister Sandrine is on the phone leaving a message at one of the phone numbers on the list conveying what message?
(a) They're all dead.
(b) We must meet.
(c) He is here.
(d) It has been discovered.

3. Silas reveals a compartment and reaches in to find what with a Bible verse referenced?
(a) a book
(b) a sheet of paper
(c) a stone tablet
(d) a computer disk

4. Knowing that he has put _________ at risk, Silas prays for forgiveness and begins his ritual of Discipline.
(a) the Sister
(b) the Bishop
(c) Langdon
(d) Jacques

5. Langdon finds it hard to believe that Jacques could have been one of only four in the world that know where what is kept?
(a) the cryptex
(b) Da Vinci's diary
(c) the keystone
(d) the Holy Grail

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert Langdon is awakened while sleeping where?

2. How does Fache think Langdon escaped from the museum?

3. The phone number that Sophie gives to Langdon is for whose personal answering machine?

4. What is the person Silas works for referred to as?

5. Sophie and Langdon move quickly toward what at the museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sophie and Langdon finally reach the American Embassy?

2. What is learned, in this section, about Bishop Aringarosa's role in the story and what role might he play in future events as a result?

3. What is Opus Dei and what role does it play in the story so far?

4. Why is the opening of the book so suspenseful?

5. How does the author, Dan Brown, use the thoughts of the characters to move the story along?

6. How do Sophie's motivations seem suspicious, in Chapters 11 through 14?

7. How is Jacques' museum message resolved in Chapters 29-31?

8. Do you agree with Sophie's actions regarding helping Langdon so far? How would you feel after not speaking to Jacques for several years and then finding out that he died?

9. How is the relationship between Silas and Aringarosa expanded upon in Chapters 39 through 41, and what might the consequences be?

10. What is foreshadowing and how does foreshadowing begin to play into the story, especially with regard to Langdon?

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