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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. As they prepare to go to separate hotels, what do Dobson and the narrator do?
(a) meet up with Charlene
(b) exchange addresses
(c) agree to meet later
(d) run into the police

2. Why is the narrator unable to relax on the plane to Peru?
(a) because he sees the man who was spying on Charlene
(b) because the trubulence keeps tossing the plane
(c) because he had to rush too much to make the flight
(d) because he keeps questioning why he is doing it

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

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

5. Who is Wayne Dobson whom the narrator meets on the flight to Peru?
(a) a translater of archaic languages
(b) an explorer who is interested in the value of the Manuscript
(c) an assistant professor of history from New York University
(d) an archeologist going to a dig in Peru

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?

3. How does Dobson say the Middle Ages were defined?

4. What has always fascinated the narrator?

5. What does the narrator learn about the priest Charlene met once?

(see the answer key)

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