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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 do Langdon and Sophie have to mention in order for the librarian to let them in?

2. What causes Silas to double over in pain, during the confrontation?

3. Langdon remembers one friend named _____________ who knows more about the Grail than anyone?

4. Remy tells Silas that Remy was hired by whom?

5. The Teacher instructs Silas to give the keystone to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teabing point out about the painting of The Last Supper and what questions does it raise?

2. Explain the encounter between Langdon, Sophie and Teabing and the police at the airport.

3. Do you agree with Langdon's decision to go to Teabing's, in Chapters 50 through 54? Why or why not?

4. How, in this section, does the author emphasize the implications of finding the Holy Grail?

5. How do Sophie and Teabing manage to save the keystone when Silas attacks them in Teabing's home?

6. What interesting religious opinions does Teabing reveal to Sophie in this section?

7. What reason does Langdon figure out that caused Fache to frame Langdon for murder?

8. How does the point of view change in Chapter 83, and what new insights does it give?

9. What are the reasons that Langdon and Sophie suspect that Jacques passed on his secrets to them as stated in Chapters 59 through 63?

10. What conclusions can be drawn from the surveillance post in the barn and what questions does it raise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the things that Dan Brown implies in the book is that religious beliefs are always flawed or, at least, incomplete in some way. Do you agree with that opinion? Use examples from both the book and real life to explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a major literary device which Dan Brown, the author of the Da Vinci Code, uses often. Explain, in detail, three spots where Brown uses foreshadowing in the book as well as what events those three things foreshadow.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following people and describe, in detail, the inner conflicts of his/her character using several examples from the book:

1. Jacques

2. Sophie

3. Silas

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