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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. Who does the Master pray to as he begins to feel fatigued by his work as the Messiah?
(a) The Infinite Radiant Is
(b) The Infinite
(c) The Blessed Boss
(d) God

2. What does Richard call the movement of the time period in which people are turning from the material to the spiritual?
(a) Motion of our minds
(b) Motion of the wind
(c) Motion of our souls
(d) Motion of our time

3. Richard tells Shimoda he will give him his plane because Richard believes one day he will not need it in order to _______.
(a) Make money
(b) Travel
(c) Feel good
(d) Fly

4. What is rolled forward when Shimoda and his passenger eventually land at the field again?
(a) Another wheelchair
(b) A new car
(c) A buffet of food
(d) A police buggy

5. What does Richard try to float in the air, just for fun?
(a) Hammer
(b) 9/16 th
(c) A glass
(d) Feather

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard realize about his attempts with the clouds? He is making things __________.

2. At the same time, Richard is ________ what will happen when Shimoda and the healed man land again.

3. What city are Richard and Shimoda in when Richard begins to sense tension in the air?

4. People are unhappy because they choose ____________.

5. Richard reads about being led through life by an inner _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the passage Shimoda shares with Richard after the situation that occurs in #19?

2. What passage can Shimoda not recall as Richard is flipping through the section on Perspective?

3. What must people do in order to enjoy life and to experience the illusion of time and space?

4. What does Shimoda claim to Richard when they first meet?

5. Describe the story the Messiah uses in order to answer the millworker's objection that the Master does not have to work.

6. What leaves Richard dumbfounded after he tries to impress Shimoda with a show-off landing?

7. Why do Shimoda's bosses ask him to leave the auto repair shop where he initially works?

8. Why does Richard find it difficult to look at Shimoda too closely?

9. What does the book say about the idea of clouds and their impressions of the world?

10. What message from the book does Richard think does not apply to him?

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