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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. While waiting in the car at Cula, who does the narrator spot?

2. Where is Viciente Lodge located?

3. What does the historian say should be more important than studying actions in the past?

4. Why is Dobson returning to Peru?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do when he becomes aware of being followed?

2. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

3. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

4. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

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

6. Why is Charlene so interested in giving this Manuscript information to the narrator?

7. Detail how Sarah handles German scientists looking for the research gardens at Viciente Lodge.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the kindest and most thoughtful person you know or have read about. What makes that person so outstanding? Discuss how such a person affects all those he or she comes in contact with. Also discuss whether you think it is possible for a person to consciously create that kind of persona or is it just something some people are born with?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on restlessness. In the novel, the First Insight attributes restlessness as the first step toward gaining a higher spirituality. In reality, there are may outcomes of restlessness. Describe good outcomes like great inventions that came from the restless ind of the inventor. Describe bad outcomes like actions of restless criminals.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how our systems of money in the world cause most of the problems in the world. What is it about money that often brings out the worst in people? In the essay discuss greed not only on an individual level, but on a corporate and national level as well.

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