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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 happens when a soldier gets near the narrator on the mountain ridge?

2. When does Julia continue her instruction about the Eighth Insight?

3. What does Pablo warn the narrator about?

4. At a fork in the road, which one does the narrator take?

5. Why does Julia's suggestion anger Marjorie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the concept of the control drama introduced?

2. Describe how Marjorie gets arrested.

3. How does the narrator learn to use the Sixth Insight?

4. Comment on the narrator's out of body experience.

5. What is the information the narrator receives about Wil from Father Carl?

6. Describe the priest's instruction to experience the Fifth Insight.

7. Why does Julia advise against Marjorie's going on to Iquitos?

8. What takes place after spending the night at Juan Hinton's house?

9. Describe the coincidences that follow the narrator's choice of forks in the road.

10. Explain how the narrator is arrested and the coincidence of his cell mate.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on restlessness. In the novel, the First Insight attributes restlessness as the first step toward gaining a higher spirituality. In reality, there are may outcomes of restlessness. Describe good outcomes like great inventions that came from the restless ind of the inventor. Describe bad outcomes like actions of restless criminals.

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 on New Age thought. Note in your essay that the term New Age may be misleading since it has existed as early as the eighteenth century. In your essay suggest why so many people have been drawn to the New Age way of thinking.

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