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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. What does Sarah give to the narrator?

2. What does the narrator decide he wants to do after meeting Wil James?

3. As they prepare to go to separate hotels, what do Dobson and the narrator do?

4. What does Dobson tell the narrator to do?

5. What has Wayne Dobson found when he went to see a priest that never showed up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the example of the Fourth Insight at work when Wil, Reneau, and the narrator have dinner together.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Dobson write to the Peruvian government?

10. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on why the Manuscript had to be completely destroyed at the end of the parable. Include the idea that for a copy to remain, the story would become simply an action adventure rather than a parable. Select a story like one of the Indiana Jones adventures to show the difference between a parable and just an exciting story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on restlessness. In the novel, the First Insight attributes restlessness as the first step toward gaining a higher spirituality. In reality, there are may outcomes of restlessness. Describe good outcomes like great inventions that came from the restless ind of the inventor. Describe bad outcomes like actions of restless criminals.

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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