Elaine Lee
10/12/09
English F
Questions for Book Check: The da Vinci Code
True/False
1) Jacques Sauniere was a member of the Opus Dei.
__________
2) The Teacher Remy and Silas constantly mention is Jacques Sauniere. __________
3) Sophie informed Langdon that he is Fache’s suspect of the murder of Jacques
Sauniere through her answering machine.
__________
4) Sangreal, the Holy Grail, is the secret document about Jesus’ bloodline. __________
5) Robert Langdon is a symbology professor of Yale University.
___________
Multiple Choice
1) With his own blood, Jacques Sauniere re-creates Leonardo da Vinci’s
______________ as the first clue.
a) Mona Lisa
b) The Last Supper
c) Vitruvian Man
d) Virgin on the Rocks
e) John the Baptist
2) What is the name of the group who protects the secret about the unveiled bloodline of
Jesus?
a) Nicaea
b) Opus Dei
c) Illuminati
d) Priory of Sion
e) CERN
3) Which painting of Leonardo da Vinci did Teabings show Langdon and Sophie?
a) Mona Lisa
b) The Last Supper
c) Vitruvian Man
d) Virgin on the Rocks
e) John the Baptist
4) Silas’ mentor/role-model is ____________.
a) Jacques Sauniere
b) Leonardo Da Vinci
c) Teabings
d) Bishop Aringarosa
e) None
5) Sophie notices that the cryptex is decipherable when viewed ____________.
a) In a mirror
b) Under water
c) Without light
d) After dipping in papyrus
e) None of the above
6) Langdon, Sophie, Teabings, Remy, and Silas tied-up went to the __________ in
London to find the “burial site of knights that the Pope had killed.”
a) Saint Vittoria Church
b) Temple Church
c) Ancient Round Church
d) Louvre
7) The “knight buried by the Pope” is ____________.
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Nicolaus Copernicus
c) Constantine
d) Isaac Newton
e) None of the above
8) Which flower is depicted on the keystone?
a) Iris
b) Rose
c) Lily
d) Daisy
e) Fleur-de-lis
9) Teabings said, looking at The Last Supper, _______________ can be seen
representing __________.
a) Mother Mary…sacrifice
b) St. Theresa…ecstasy
c) Mary Magdelone…a womb
d) St. Peter…a staff
10) Silas uses a _________ to kill Sister Sandrine.
a) Pistol
b) Dagger
c) Steel pole
d) Metal book cover
e) Candle stand
Short Answer
1) Why did Fache suspect Robert Langdon as the murderer of Jacques Sauniere?
2) What does the Holy Grail symbolize? Who is this symbolism?
3) What do the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci Brown mentions depict? Why?
4) How does Langdon get Teabings unarmed?
5) Why is Silas’ thigh bruised and bloody?
Essay Questions
1) Why is Jesus having a bloodline descendant a big deal? Why is it a secret? Which
group fights to preserve the secret and which group wishes to destroy the secret forever?
(Exposition, Setting, Conflict)
2) Explain how the Sophie Neveu and Robert Langdon depict Mona Lisa.
(Characters, Symbols)
3) What does Teabing represent and what morals are taught after observing Teabing?
(Character, Symbols, Theme)
4) Elaborate on the conflict between faith and knowledge.
(Conflict, Theme, Conclusion)
5) Explain what the quote means: “As someone who had spent his life exploring the
hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems and ideologies, Langdon viewed the
world as a web of profoundly intertwined histories and events. The connections may be
invisible, he often preached to his symbology classes at Harvard, but they are always
there, buried just beneath the surface.”