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The Da Vinci Code Comprehension The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 18 1. What made Fache and the police think that Langdon had jumped? 2. What was the reaction of the police? 3. What was curious about the signal that the police were receiving from the dot they had planted on Langdon? 4. When they looked out the window what did they surmise had happened to Langdon? 5. Why was Fache actually secretly pleased about Langdon’s so-called escape? 6. Where were Sophie and Langdon as the police rushed into the men’s room? 7. What did they do to escape?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 19 1. Why was Saint-Sulpice reputed to have the most eccentric history of any building in Paris? 2. Who received Silas at the church? 3. How did Silas perceive his reception? 4. What impression did Silas have of the church and how was it befitting the brotherhood? 5. What does Silas think about the sister? 6. How does Silas get the sister to leave him alone?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 20 1. Why did it make sense that Sauniere had left all the clues? What is a coherent symbolic set? 2. What guess did Langdon make about the numbers in the series? What is Sophie’s response? 3. What is the special meaning of the pentacle for Sophie? 4. What was the use of the Tarot originally? 5. What is the pentacle suit in the Tarot system? 6. What was PHI? 7. What were all the clues connected to? 8. What is 1.618? 9. How is the Fibonacci sequence related to PHI? 10. What are some proportions that equal PHI that occur in nature? 11. How does the Vitruvian Man relate to PHI? 12. Why did the ancients think that PHI worship Nature? 13. What is art according to Langdon? 14. In which works of art is PHI found? 15. Why has the pentacle always been the symbol for beauty and perfection associated with the goddess? 16. What revelation occurs to Langdon as they are headed out of the Louvre? 17. What is an anagram? 18. What did the lines: O’Draconian devil! O lame saint stand for?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 21 1. How did Sauniere manage to create such a complex anagram in the few minutes he had before he died? 2. Why is Sophie suddenly distracted from the escape? 3. What does Sophie recall? 4. What does Sophie think about the Mona Lisa when she is taken there by her grandfather? 5. What does Sophie decide to do and why? How does she protect Langdon? 6. What makes Langdon turn around and go back?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 22 1. What does Silas pretend to do in the church? 2. What does he look for? 3. What is the Rose Line? Describe it. 4. What is the Compass Rose? 5. What is a Rose line on a globe? 6. What was in Greenwich, England? 7. Where was the prime meridian before 1888? 8. When Aringosa arrives at the airport, he thinks about Divine Intervention. What is he thinking about?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 23 1. What had happened to the relationship between Sophie and her grandfather over the last 10 years? 2. What does Sophie go to her grandfather’s office to get? 3. What other significance do the initials PS have for Sophie? 4. what was on the key that Sophie found in her grandfather’s drawer? 5. What does Langdon guess about Sophie’s secret about the initials PS? 6. What is the secret society that Langdon thinks Saunier belonged to? 7. Which famous people have been members of the Priory of Scion?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.24 1. Where does Silas look for the keystone? 2. What makes him think that he has found the correct place? 3. What does Sister Sandrine do when she sees Silas at work?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.25 1. Who does Fache call to try to trace Langdon? 2. What odd message does he get when he calls? 3. How does he finally get a lead as to what happened to Langdon?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.26 1. What is the Mona Lisa called in French? How would you describe her? 2. Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? 3. What secret does Mona Lisa hold? 4. Why does Langdon not like the student’s comment about da Vinci being a homosexual? 5. Who is Amon? 6. Who was Isis? 7. What is the name Mona Lisa an anagram for? 8. Why did Sophie get the black light? What is she trying to read? The Da Vinci Code, Ch.27 1. How does Fache decide that Langdon and Neveu are still inside the Louvre? 2. What does he do?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.28 1. What was the message written in Sauniere’s blood? 2. What does this tell Langdon? 3. What was the con of the early Christian church? 4. What does the Priory believe that Constantine and his male successors did? 5. What did the Catholic Inquisition publish and what were the destructive consequences? 6. What irony does Langdon find in his situation at the end of this chapter?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 29 1. How does Silas get to the keystone? 2. What was the message on the keystone? 3. What does Sister Sandrine do when she sees Silas break through the floor at the Rose Line? 4. What message does Silas find in the Bible?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.30 1. Who had captured Langdon? 2. Why is he tempted to kill Langdon? 3. Why doesn’t he know that Sophie is helping Langdon? 4. What other painting is Sophie inspecting with the black light? 5. What does Sophie find behind the second painting? 6. How does Sophie manage to escape with Langdon?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.31 1. What does Sister Sandrine discover when she telephones the 4 numbers to alert them that the floor panel has been broken? 2. As she is on the phone, who interrupts her? 3. What is Sister Sandrine’s last thought?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.32 1. How does Sophie lose the police who are on their trail? 2. What is the history of the Madonna of the Rocks and why does Langdon think that this was a fitting key to the puzzle that Sauniere left? 3. Where was Sophie headed? Why? 4. What does Sophie remember about the key that her grandfather left her? 5. What happened 10 years earlier when Sophie went to the chateau where they vacationed? 6. What did she discover and how did this affect her? 7. What makes Langdon yell to Sophie to stop the car?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.33 1. As Sophie is fleeing the police, she shows Landon the key. What does he say about it? 2. How is the cross different from the Christian cross? 3. Why can’t they call the embassy to send someone to come meet them? What had Sophie intended to do at the embassy? 4. What does Sophie do at Gare Saint-Lazare?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.34 1. Where was Aringarosa arriving? 2. What had happened 5 months before? 3. What were some of the directions of the Church that Opus Dei did not agree with? 4. Why does Aringarosa think that the Church is softening? 5. What happened at that first meeting? 6. What is Aringarosa thinking about now as he is approaching Gandolfo?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.35 1. Why does Sophie buy 2 tickets with a credit card? 2. How does Robert discover an address written on the key?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.36 1. What does Fache think about the lead they discover with the purchase of 2 train tickets? 2. Who does Fache decide to notify? Why? 3. Why is Fache’s pride so hurt?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.37 1. What does Langdon tell Sophie about the Priory? 2. What is the common name for a branch of the Priory? 3. What is the common misconception of the Knights Templar? 4. What happened to the Knights? 5. What happened to them in the 1300s? What did Clement order? Why? 6. How did the Knights Templar survive the attack? 7. What is the secret of the Knights known as? 8. What does Sangreal mean? The Da Vinci Code, Ch. 38 1. What is the Holy Grail according to Langdon? 2. What do people think the Holy Grail is and how does this differ from what Langdon says it is? 3. What had Langdon tried to get his publisher to do? 4. Who was one of the historians that Langdon had included in his bibliography that he submitted to the publisher trying to get his work published? 5. Why did Sophie pull the gun on the cab driver? 6. Why was Langdon having trouble driving the car?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.39 1. Why does Silas think everything is lost? 2. What does Silas think about doing? 3. Who does Aringosa compare Silas to? 4. How does Silas punish himself once he is back in his room?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.40 1. Where are Landgon and Sophie going? 2. What have they discovered? 3. What symbol is just like the one on the key? 4. What does Langdon think the key might unlock? 5. What has been rumored about the Grail for the last few hundred years? 6. Why did so many Grail experts study da Vinci’s paintings so carefully? 7. What did they claim about the paintings? 8. What was the latest theory about the Adoration of the Magi? 9. Why does Langdon think that the key will not reveal the Holy Grail? 10. Why does Sophie believe that her grandfather was one of the 4 members of the Priory with the secret of the Holy Grail? 11. What building was Rue Haxo, 24?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.41 1. What kind of reception does Aringosa get at the Vatican this time? 2. What are the Church officials giving Aringosa? 3. Why are they concerned? 4. Where did Aringosa go?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.42 1. How do Sophie and Langdon get into the Swiss Bank? 2. What does the guard do when they come in? 3. What does the banker explain to them once they have entered the vault downstairs? 4. Why is the banker suddenly upset? 5. How does Fache get the tip that Sophie and Langdon are at the bank?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.43 1. Who is Vernet? What is he preparing to do? 2. Why is he suddenly shocked to see Sophie? 3. What does Sophie find out about Vernet? How? 4. What does Sophie ask Vernet and how does he respond? Why is she suspicious nevertheless? 5. What does Vernet do when the police arrive? 6. Why does Robert Langdon seem amused as Vernet leaves them downstairs in the vault?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.44 1. What warning does the vault give them before they enter the code? 2. Why doesn’t Sophie type in the code that her grandfather left in the museum? 3. What occurred to Robert as they are talking? 4. What happened once they entered the deciphered code? 5. What treasure do they find in the vault? 6. What does Robert hope to find inside the box? The Da Vinci Code, Ch.45 1. When Vernet comes back in why is he surprised? What is his reaction? 2. How does Vernet intend on getting them out of his bank? 3. As Vernet drives the van out, who stops him? 4. How does Vernet manage to get past Collet?

The Da Vinci Code, Ch.46 1. What is Silas doing to himself in his room? Why? 2. Who was instructing Silas and Aringarosa in this plan to protect the Way? 3. When Silas calls the Teacher to admit his failure what message does he get?