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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. What does Charlene say in the beginning of this time will become harder?
(a) to convince people what is happening
(b) to make rational decisions
(c) to continue relationships
(d) to speak openly about the Manuscript

2. What rumors are going around about Viciente?
(a) that it will be sold and torn down
(b) that it is being watched to see who comes and goes
(c) that it may be nationalized
(d) that the government wants to shut it down

3. What does the narrator decide he wants to do after meeting Wil James?
(a) lay low and study the first two Insights
(b) get out of the country fast
(c) try to meet people who know other Insights
(d) to go with Wilson on his search for the Ninth Insight.

4. What is the preoccupation Dobson says is keeping humans from understanding the First Insight?
(a) the preoccupation with religion
(b) the preoccupation of making a living
(c) the preoccupation with entertainment
(d) the preoccupation with security

5. With all the information the narrator got from Charlene, why does he go out into the garden?
(a) to clear his head
(b) to breathe the fresh air
(c) to check on the weather
(d) to smoke a cigar

Short Answer Questions

1. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?

2. Outside with the narrator, what does Charlene become aware of?

3. What do the energized plants offer humans?

4. What is the purpose of the Viciente Lodge?

5. What are the people in the novel either searching for or trying to suppress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the effect Jensen has on the narrator and how Wil gets him away.

2. Why is the document called the Manuscript in the novel, an artifact of great interest?

3. How does Redfield introduce the idea of the Insights?

4. What is the first coincidence that occurs with the narrator on the way to Cula?

5. Explain the purpose of the drive into the Andes the morning after the narrator is rescued by Wilson.

6. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

7. Why did Dobson write to the Peruvian government?

8. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

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

10. What contribution does the next person add to the narrator's understanding of the Third Insight?

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