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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. When Sarah arrives, what does she tell the narrator to do?

2. Where is Viciente Lodge located?

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

4. What does Reneau say the parents are doing to the girl by their bullying?

5. Why does Phil teach the narrator to stare at his own fingers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Wil does not tell the narrator everything at once.

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

3. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

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

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

7. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

8. Describe the breakthrough the narrator has while Sarah is confronting the German scientists.

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

10. As Wil and the narrator head out, what advice does he offer the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on personality characteristics of aggressive and passive people. Give some examples of each kind of personality. Suggest some ways that those characteristics might be modified.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on why the Manuscript had to be completely destroyed at the end of the parable. Include the idea that for a copy to remain, the story would become simply an action adventure rather than a parable. Select a story like one of the Indiana Jones adventures to show the difference between a parable and just an exciting story.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about sudden discovery, that light bulb moment when something is suddenly made clear. Write this essay from a general perspective rather than a spiritual one. Use examples like the moment you began to understand chemistry or algebra.

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