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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. Why does the narrator eat only vegetables at dinner?
(a) because he cannot eat llama meat
(b) because it increases the ability to see the energy
(c) because he wants to see how they taste
(d) because he never eats meat

2. Describe THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.
(a) a history of ancient civilization in Peru
(b) a science fiction adventure
(c) a biography of a shcool teacher
(d) a parable of New Age literature

3. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?
(a) as a new way of looking at our history
(b) as a new way to consider mathematics
(c) as a reason to keep looking for the Manuscript
(d) as a way to locate people

4. What has preceded Dobson on this trip to Peru?
(a) a letter to the Peruvian government
(b) an appeal from the president
(c) the cooperation of the embassy
(d) an act of Congress

5. Why is Reneau interested in the Fourth Insight?
(a) because he knows someone who has the first three
(b) because it concerns conflict between people
(c) because he heard it was about psychology
(d) because four is his lucky number

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?

2. What does the Manuscript say will be the first indication of change?

3. How many Insights does Charlene say the Manuscript contains?

4. What will the restlessness cause people to do?

5. What does the narrator discover when he wakes the morning after camping with Wil and Reneau?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Redfield initiate the intrigue that runs through the novel?

2. How does the narrator get hooked up with Wilson James after Dobson is shot?

3. What happens when the narrator is told to observe some students sitting in front of some plants?

4. Describe the example of the Fourth Insight at work when Wil, Reneau, and the narrator have dinner together.

5. Describe the initial meeting of the narrator and Marjorie.

6. How does Redfield let the reader know what the narrator is going to do?

7. Who is Sarah and how does she begin telling the narrator about the third Insight?

8. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

9. Describe the coincidence that occurs when the narrator forms a plan of action.

10. Explain how Redfield introduces the element of suspense in his novel.

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