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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 will the restlessness cause people to do?

2. Describe THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

3. What does the narrator think about that makes him agree with Charlene?

4. Why is Reneau interested in the Fourth Insight?

5. Why does Reneau decide to go to Viciente Lodge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the purpose of the drive into the Andes the morning after the narrator is rescued by Wilson.

2. What happens when the narrator is told to observe some students sitting in front of some plants?

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

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

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

6. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

8. How does Redfield introduce the idea of the Insights?

9. Why did Dobson write to the Peruvian government?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on parables. In the essay explain how parables make it easier for people to understand a deeper meaning. On a very basic level, you might want to refer to some of Aesop's fables.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about spirituality in a much broader sense than just from the standpoint of an organized religion. In the essay discuss how a person who has never heard any religious dogma can be spiritual. Describe what a spiritual person does and says in the company of other people.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about argument. In the essay you are not talking about enlightened exchange of ideas. Rather, you will focus on those arguments for which there can be no clear winner such as Sarah's argument with the German and Father Sanchez' disagreement with the Cardinal. Discuss the negative effects of such arguments.

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