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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. Back down the mountain, what brings the narrator out of his euphoria?

2. What does Father Sanchez begin to explain to the narrator?

3. Who does the narrator see at breakfast in the prison?

4. When does Julia continue her instruction about the Eighth Insight?

5. Where does the narrator find Marjorie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the priest's instruction to experience the Fifth Insight.

2. Mention something about the warning Pablo gives the narrator before he is taken to see Cardinal Sebastian.

3. How do the narrator and Marjorie escape the soldiers on the way to see Sebastian?

4. Relate what happens when gunfire erupts in the village of Cula.

5. Explain how the narrator is arrested and the coincidence of his cell mate.

6. How does Father Sanchez begin explaining the Seventh Insight to the narrator?

7. What is the information the narrator receives about Wil from Father Carl?

8. Explain how the Eighth Insight helps Julia understand what is going on between the narrator and Marjorie.

9. How is the concept of the control drama introduced?

10. Describe how the conversation turns back at Father Carl's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about argument. In the essay you are not talking about enlightened exchange of ideas. Rather, you will focus on those arguments for which there can be no clear winner such as Sarah's argument with the German and Father Sanchez' disagreement with the Cardinal. Discuss the negative effects of such arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the mysticism surrounding Machu Picchu. Why does such a place inspire metaphysical ideas and thought? Explain the element of unknown history that inspires supernatural explanations for what cannot be proven otherwise.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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