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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Longer Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dobson returning to Peru?
(a) To challenge the government.
(b) To find more Insights.
(c) To look for the priest.
(d) To prove the Manuscript is wrong.

2. What has Wayne Dobson found when he went to see a priest that never showed up?
(a) a map to the location of the Manuscript
(b) a suicide note written by the priest
(c) copies of the First and Second Insights
(d) a decree from the Cardinal to destroy the Manuscript

3. With all the information the narrator got from Charlene, why does he go out into the garden?
(a) to clear his head
(b) to breathe the fresh air
(c) to smoke a cigar
(d) to check on the weather

4. What does the narrator think about that makes him agree with Charlene?
(a) his problems with the bank
(b) his recent distrust of people
(c) his problems at work
(d) his last two relationships

5. What will people need to overcome their restlessness?
(a) more time spent alone
(b) more new challenges to face
(c) more reading of the Manuscript
(d) more consciousness of the meaning of experiences

Short Answer Questions

1. What has preceded Dobson on this trip to Peru?

2. What happens as the narrator enters the hotel and sees Dobson?

3. What happens when people start to question the church?

4. What does the narrator see as he continues to run from the gunfire?

5. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?

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