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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. What place do the narrator and Father Sanchez head for when they learn that soldiers are in the village?

2. In what section does the Manuscript deal with control drama in response to a situation?

3. What does Father Sanchez do when the narrator says he did not really speak to Rolando?

4. Where does the narrator find Marjorie?

5. What happens when the police search the narrator's vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Asking about his dream, how does the narrator get information about the Seventh Insight?

2. Describe how Marjorie gets arrested.

3. What takes place after spending the night at Juan Hinton's house?

4. How will Father Carl help the narrator?

5. How does the narrator learn to use the Sixth Insight?

6. Describe the narrator's first attempt at using the Eighth Insight.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coincidence in literature is usually almost, if not completely, unbelievable. Explain why that is. What makes the constant coincidences in THE CELESTINE PROPHECY acceptable to the reader? You might want to include the tale of "Androcles and the Lion" to illustrate the skepticism of improbability in such a tale.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about fear. In the essay mention how fear is immobilizing and give examples on the order of the deer staring into the headlights of an approaching car. Also include ways of overcoming fear in order to act on a perceived danger.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the importance of keeping an open mind. Good examples to use in contrast are Father Sanchez and Cardinal Sebastian. Include examples of social problems like racism and right to life stances can only be resolved through open minded discussion and action.

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