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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 Pablo warn the narrator about?

2. Who catches up to the narrator as he scrambles back up into the mountain ridges.

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

4. Who does the narrator meet again while stopped for the roadblock?

5. What happens when the police search the narrator's vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's behavior that Father Sanchez points out is a control drama?

2. How will Father Carl help the narrator?

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

4. Relate what happens when gunfire erupts in the village of Cula.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay on personality characteristics of aggressive and passive people. Give some examples of each kind of personality. Suggest some ways that those characteristics might be modified.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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