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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 does Wil finally give the narrator after they leave Cula?
(a) a copy of the Fourth Insight
(b) a pistol for self-protection
(c) a serious lecture about stealing energy
(d) a survival kit for the mountains

2. Why does the physics professor, Sarah Lorner, come to Viciente Lodge?
(a) to study the effects of energy on plant life
(b) to study wind resistence of trees
(c) to find rare plants
(d) to get specimins for her laboratory

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

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way to Cula, what does Wil instruct the narrator to do?

2. What will the restlessness cause people to do?

3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes the morning after camping with Wil and Reneau?

4. What does Sarah want to know if the narrator can see?

5. What causes the narrator to lose his ability to see the energy fields?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the document called the Manuscript in the novel, an artifact of great interest?

2. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

3. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

4. As Wil and the narrator head out, what advice does he offer the narrator?

5. Describe the initial meeting of the narrator and Marjorie.

6. Explain how Redfield introduces the element of suspense in his novel.

7. Describe the breakthrough the narrator has while Sarah is confronting the German scientists.

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

9. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

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