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

2. How does Dobson say the Middle Ages were defined?

3. What does Charlene tell the narrator about?

4. While waiting in the car at Cula, who does the narrator spot?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Detail how Sarah handles German scientists looking for the research gardens at Viciente Lodge.

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

3. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

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

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. What is the first coincidence that occurs with the narrator on the way to Cula?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on radicalism. Using Cardinal Sebastian as an example, show how even a religious person may sometime become so radical that he or she will stop at nothing to perpetuate a rigid idea.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about sudden discovery, that light bulb moment when something is suddenly made clear. Write this essay from a general perspective rather than a spiritual one. Use examples like the moment you began to understand chemistry or algebra.

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