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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. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?
(a) blackmarketeers are out looking for it
(b) the inability to translate the ancient language
(c) the opposition of the Peruvian government and the church
(d) the parchment is too fragile to move

2. Who is the man named Chris Reneau who resembles a friend of the narrator's?
(a) a professor at the Sorbonne on vacation
(b) a microbiologist from France
(c) a French chef interested in the Manuscript
(d) a French psychology professor teaching in Brazil

3. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?
(a) that it belongs to the Peruvian people
(b) that it must be preserved
(c) that it does not exist
(d) that it is a radical hoax

4. What causes the narrator to lose his ability to see the energy fields?
(a) angry voices
(b) gunshots in the distance
(c) a sudden rainfall
(d) his doubt about seeing energy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Reneau at the service station where the narrator saw him?

2. On the plane, what does the narrator say about understanding the Second Insight?

3. Why does Wil say people meet in some kind of coincidence?

4. What will people need to overcome their restlessness?

5. Why does the church oppose the Manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

2. How does Redfield let the reader know what the narrator is going to do?

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

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

5. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

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

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

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

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

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

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