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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 Wilson James say he wants to find?

2. What does Reneau say the girl accomplishes by throwing the pie?

3. What does Sarah tell the narrator is possible to see?

4. What does the Manuscript say will be the first indication of change?

5. What has preceded Dobson on this trip to Peru?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

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

7. Why does Dobson say he is returning to Peru?

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

9. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Coincidence in literature is usually almost, if not completely, unbelievable. Explain why that is. What makes the constant coincidences in THE CELESTINE PROPHECY acceptable to the reader? You might want to include the tale of "Androcles and the Lion" to illustrate the skepticism of improbability in such a tale.

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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