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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wil say people meet in some kind of coincidence?
(a) because both people look familian to the other
(b) because they are both lost
(c) because both parties have information to share
(d) because the time is miraculously preordained

2. What is special about the forest around Viciente Lodge?
(a) It is all imported trees.
(b) It seldom gets rain.
(c) It is a virgin forest.
(d) It is used for lumbering.

3. Why does the narrator eat only vegetables at dinner?
(a) because he never eats meat
(b) because he wants to see how they taste
(c) because he cannot eat llama meat
(d) because it increases the ability to see the energy

4. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?
(a) He hears a man mention the Manuscript to a stewardess.
(b) He hears someone talking about a disappeared priest.
(c) He meets and old friend from his university.
(d) He finds a copy of the First Insight in the magazine rack.

5. What does Charlene say in the beginning of this time will become harder?
(a) to make rational decisions
(b) to speak openly about the Manuscript
(c) to convince people what is happening
(d) to continue relationships

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

7. What is the first coincidence on the way to Cula?
(a) The narrator sees a man that reminds him of a friend.
(b) The car breaks down at a village where the priest lives.
(c) The narrator begins to see energy fields everywhere.
(d) They find another copy of an Insight.

8. When does a person learn the Insights?
(a) when he/she finds the Manuscript
(b) when he/she has the right teacher
(c) when he/she is ready
(d) when he/she stops resisting the information

9. Describe THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.
(a) a biography of a shcool teacher
(b) a parable of New Age literature
(c) a science fiction adventure
(d) a history of ancient civilization in Peru

10. What is Sarah talking about when she says that everything on earth consists of energy and is malleable to human intention and expectation?
(a) theThird Insight
(b) the theory of relativity
(c) her work in physics
(d) global warming

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

12. What is the purpose of the Viciente Lodge?
(a) an experiment in gardening
(b) a retreat for religious leaders
(c) a summer camp for underprivilieged boys
(d) a place for scientific study

13. What does the narrator see during an argument between Sarah and the German?
(a) the grass around them turning brown
(b) a nearby tree begin to tremble
(c) a brilliant flash of light
(d) their energy fields moving back and forth between them

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reneau say that people draw energy from each other through conflict?

2. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

3. What is Charlene doing when the narrator arrives at the restaurant?

4. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?

5. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?

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