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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, A Matter of Energy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the preoccupation Dobson says is keeping humans from understanding the First Insight?
(a) the preoccupation with entertainment
(b) the preoccupation of making a living
(c) the preoccupation with security
(d) the preoccupation with religion

2. What is easier at sunrise or sunset?
(a) to think clearly about energy
(b) to see the plants grow
(c) to see the plant energy
(d) to feel the plant energy

3. Who is the man who rescues the Narrator?
(a) Wilson James
(b) Police sergeat Ortiz
(c) Father Sanchez
(d) Wayne Dobson

4. Who is at the place where the narrator is supposed to meet Sarah the next morning?
(a) the young woman, Margorie
(b) his friend, Wil James
(c) a man named Phil Stone
(d) a disapproving German

5. How does Dobson say the Middle Ages were defined?
(a) by theprinting press
(b) by the art and drama of the period
(c) by the Christian Church
(d) by ignorance and disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What will people need to overcome their restlessness?

2. What does the narrator see when he watches Sarah concentrate on a bush?

3. Why does the narrator call the police?

4. What does the Manuscript predict?

5. What are the people in the novel either searching for or trying to suppress?

(see the answer key)

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