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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 people need to overcome their restlessness?

2. When does a person learn the Insights?

3. Why does Wil say people meet in some kind of coincidence?

4. What rumors are going around about Viciente?

5. Outside with the narrator, what does Charlene become aware of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the coincidence that occurs when the narrator forms a plan of action.

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

4. Why did Dobson write to the Peruvian government?

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

6. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about searching for deeper meanings. In your essay discuss how such a search is never ending. Explain why, even in a religious sense, it is not possible for a person to ever learn everything there is to know.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the kindest and most thoughtful person you know or have read about. What makes that person so outstanding? Discuss how such a person affects all those he or she comes in contact with. Also discuss whether you think it is possible for a person to consciously create that kind of persona or is it just something some people are born with?

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