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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. Who is the man with the intimidator control drama that Julia and the narrator meet on their trip to Iquitos?

2. How does Father Sanchez categorize the narrator's behavior?

3. In what section does the Manuscript deal with control drama in response to a situation?

4. What does the narrator observe in the garden?

5. After meeting Father Carl at Machu Picchu, why does the narrator remain there when the priest goes home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in the narrator's description of his parents?

2. Describe the narrator's first attempt at using the Eighth Insight.

3. Tell a little about the exchange between the narrator and Father Sanchez the morning after the narrator is rescued.

4. Describe how Marjorie gets arrested.

5. What are the rapidly developing situations after the narrator makes eye contact with a man in the restaurant?

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

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

8. Explain how the Eighth Insight helps Julia understand what is going on between the narrator and Marjorie.

9. Asking about his dream, how does the narrator get information about the Seventh Insight?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the importance of keeping an open mind. Good examples to use in contrast are Father Sanchez and Cardinal Sebastian. Include examples of social problems like racism and right to life stances can only be resolved through open minded discussion and action.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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