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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Alchemist say quests always begin with?
(a) Luck.
(b) Major tests.
(c) Heart trials.
(d) Fulfillment of their destinies.

2. What does Fatima trust in?
(a) The alchemist.
(b) The tribal chief.
(c) Santiago.
(d) The fates of the desert.

3. What surprises Santiago about do the individuals who approach him and the Alchemist in Part 6 ?
(a) They provide no danger.
(b) They steal the Elixir of Life.
(c) They steal the Philosopher's stone.
(d) They do not take the Alchemist seriously.

4. What does the Alchemist advise Santiago to listen to in order to immerse himself in the desert?
(a) His love for Fatima.
(b) The omens of the pyramids.
(c) His heart.
(d) The desert omens.

5. Which of the following is considered the liquid half of the Master Work?
(a) Soul of the World.
(b) Philosopher's stone.
(c) Elixir of Life.
(d) Destiny.

6. What does the Alchemist say has come to represent the highest point of evolution?
(a) Lead.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Gold.
(d) Man.

7. When Santiago and the Alchemist are about two days away from the pyramids, what does Santiago what to learn?
(a) About alchemy.
(b) How to turn lead into gold.
(c) How to turn gold into lead.
(d) How to find his treasure.

8. What should Santiago acquire for his trade, according to the Alchemist in Part 5?
(a) Books.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) A horse.
(d) A camel.

9. What does the Alchemist say that Santiago will be successful at if he does not pursue his destiny?
(a) Being a camel rider.
(b) Being a counselor.
(c) Being a herder.
(d) Being a merchant.

10. In Part 5, who tells Santiago a story about a tribe's traditions?
(a) Tribal Chief.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Alchemist.
(d) Englishman.

11. In Part 6, what does Santiago always promise about his heart?
(a) To work through the suffering.
(b) To ingnore it.
(c) To test it.
(d) To listen to it.

12. What does the Alchemist say that the suffering Santiago's heart is experiencing is not as bad as?
(a) What will come.
(b) Fear of the suffering.
(c) His destiny.
(d) Living an unfulfilled destiny.

13. What is the goal of alchemists, according to the Englishman?
(a) To purify metal.
(b) To point people toward their destiny.
(c) To create the Elixir of Life.
(d) To create the Soul of the World.

14. What happens the day after Santiago speaks with the tribal chief?
(a) Santiago is banished from the oasis.
(b) The Alchemist leaves the oasis.
(c) Santiago's warning does not come true.
(d) The oasis is attacked.

15. The Soul of the World is which of the following?
(a) The philosopher's stone.
(b) The discovery of how all things communicate.
(c) The language in which all things are said to communicate.
(d) Liquid half of the Master Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the individuals who approach the Alchemist and Santiago in Part 6 demand to know?

2. What does the Alchemist say quests always end with?

3. What happens after the oasis is attacked?

4. What does the Alchemist say gold truly represents?

5. What does Santiago do while the Englishman tries to observe the desert and learn its language?

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