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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 the historian say should be more important than studying actions in the past?

2. What causes the narrator to lose his ability to see the energy fields?

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

4. Who is studying the effects these energized plants have on the people who eat them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Explain the effect Jensen has on the narrator and how Wil gets him away.

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

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 your idea of a Utopian world. Detail what it would be like and how it would affect the people living there. Conclude the essay with an evaluation on whether or not you believe achieving Utopia is possible among humans.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the mysticism surrounding Machu Picchu. Why does such a place inspire metaphysical ideas and thought? Explain the element of unknown history that inspires supernatural explanations for what cannot be proven otherwise.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the subject "Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows." The thrust of the essay includes how the church and Certain scientists are united in opposing the Manuscript. Normally, there is more of a conflict between the church and science. Explain why they are united against the Manuscript.

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