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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 is described in the Bible's Book of Revelation that, according to Joel, some people believe is happening?

2. Who is David Long Eagle?

3. What is the group of seven supposed to repel?

4. What do Webber and the narrator smell suddenly?

5. What is Long Eagle's predominant emotion as he is speaking to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wil tell the narrator about Soul Groups?

2. What does Wil say he sees in Maya's dream?

3. What happens to Wil and the narrator when they move to another plane?

4. What does Wil tell the narrator is the reason for him disappearing in Peru?

5. What happens to the narrator as he is attempting to recall his dream vision and what does he learn about Maya?

6. What does Wil say might be the reason no one fully understands the Tenth Insight?

7. What does Wil and the narrator realize about where they are and what do they see Joel experiencing?

8. What does Williams see in his life review that also involves Long Eagle?

9. What does Joel say to the narrator about his beliefs?

10. What kind of work does Webber do and what does he believe about that work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, what's going on in Chapter 6, Part 2, is a form of myth making, of creating a spiritual, acceptable, and hopefully peace-achieving explanation of what, in most experiences of being human, is the physically oriented, confusing, and frustration-triggering question of why we're here.

1. Explain why this book could be called "myth making." Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think there is a spiritual, acceptable, and hopefully peace-achieving explanation of why humans exist? Why or why not. Use examples to support your opinion.

3. Do you think most humans wonder why they are here? Why or why not? Use examples to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the theories expounded in this section are certainly interesting - the idea, for example, that past unresolved conflicts are the source for present tension, and the idea that Soul Groups are unified by what might be described (but which actually aren't) as a talent.

1. Discuss what the ramifications would be for individuals if much of their behavior and personality were a result of previous lives.

2. If Soul Groups were indeed true, discuss in detail why it would be logical for them to be grouped as like talents.

3. For the sake of argument, assume reincarnation is true and argue for or against the idea that animals also experience reincarnation.

Essay Topic 3

The main narrative thrust is coming from energy of exploration rather than confrontation - in other words, the narrator is discovering the nature of his story's central conflict rather than playing out that conflict itself. Yes, the surges of dissonance create a certain degree of conflict and tension, but the narrator in Chapter 7, as in previous chapters, is reacting to that conflict rather than engaging in it, going deeper into what is essentially research rather than taking steps to ensure change.

1. Explain, with examples, why you think the main narrative thrust is coming from energy of exploration rather than confrontation.

2. Why do the surges of dissonance create a certain degree of conflict and tension in the novel? Explain why you think they create enough conflict and tension or if the author should have had more conflict. Use examples to support your opinion.

3. Discuss why the author reacts to the conflict in the story rather than engaging in it. Use examples to support your opinion.

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