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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator eat only vegetables at dinner?

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

3. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

4. What does the narrator see during an argument between Sarah and the German?

5. Outside with the narrator, what does Charlene become aware of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

3. Why is Charlene so interested in giving this Manuscript information to the narrator?

4. What does the narrator do when he becomes aware of being followed?

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

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

7. What is bothering Wil as he and the narrator drive away from Viciente Lodge?

8. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

10. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on New Age thought. Note in your essay that the term New Age may be misleading since it has existed as early as the eighteenth century. In your essay suggest why so many people have been drawn to the New Age way of thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the importance of keeping an open mind. Good examples to use in contrast are Father Sanchez and Cardinal Sebastian. Include examples of social problems like racism and right to life stances can only be resolved through open minded discussion and action.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how our systems of money in the world cause most of the problems in the world. What is it about money that often brings out the worst in people? In the essay discuss greed not only on an individual level, but on a corporate and national level as well.

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