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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the energized plants offer humans?
(a) psychological insights
(b) a close identity with plant life
(c) more nutrients for the body to absorb when they are eaten
(d) ways to see in the dark

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

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

4. What has always fascinated the narrator?
(a) the concept of coincidences
(b) archeology
(c) the Incan Empire
(d) metaphysical literature

5. Who is studying the effects these energized plants have on the people who eat them?
(a) a botanist
(b) a nutritionist
(c) an astronomer
(d) a microbiologist

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator not get out of the taxi at his hotel?

2. What happened to the priest Charlene went to see about the Manuscript?

3. Why is the narrator unable to relax on the plane to Peru?

4. What information does Reneau share with the narrator?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the narrator and Dobson exchange hotel addresses at the airport?

2. Who is Sarah and how does she begin telling the narrator about the third Insight?

3. Explain the effect Jensen has on the narrator and how Wil gets him away.

4. Describe the coincidence that occurs when the narrator forms a plan of action.

5. Why can the narrator not sleep on the plane?

6. How does Redfield initiate the intrigue that runs through the novel?

7. Explain why Wil does not tell the narrator everything at once.

8. How does the narrator get hooked up with Wilson James after Dobson is shot?

9. What does Dobson have to say about history?

10. What contribution does the next person add to the narrator's understanding of the Third Insight?

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