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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 the narrator say solidified fear in both the conservatives and the liberals?

2. What do Wil and the narrator observe on the plane where they go in the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Webber tell the narrator to do?

4. From where does Webber know Charlene?

5. To what does Maya say energy blockages are related?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest about the 1960's?

2. In Chapter 8, what does the narrator hear as he returns to the physical plane and what does Webber tell him about the noise?

3. Into what is the narrator drawn in hell and what does he see?

4. What do Wil and the narrator see when they experience Feyman's Life Review?

5. What happens to the group from the cave in Chapter 8 as they go towards the building with the Experiment?

6. What did the narrator see begin to emerge that changed the way humans interacted with the world?

7. What happens when the Group decide to try and end the Experiment by combining their energies?

8. Describe what the four members of the Group first do when they meet at the waterfall and what they see.

9. Who is in the cave when Webber and the narrator arrive there and what does she/he say?

10. What does the narrator tell about a previous life of his as a monk?

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

There are three clearly defined sections to Chapter 9. The first and third continue the process of entwining the novel's narrative and spiritual intent, moving the characters towards confrontations with their external and internal destinies. The author is not, it seems, striving to create a logical narrative, but rather to lead the reader into a broader experience of spiritual possibility and understanding. The lengthy middle section of the book, while undeniably preachy, is a clear explanation of what the author sees that possibility and understanding bring into being.

1. Using examples explain how you perceive sections one and three of Chapter 9 move the characters towards confrontations with their external and internal destinies.

2. The author is not, it seems, striving to create a logical narrative, but rather to lead the reader into a broader experience of spiritual possibility and understanding. Do you think this statement is true? Why or why not? When you read this book, was the narrative important to you or only the exploration of the spiritual understanding? Why or why not?

3. The lengthy middle section of the book, while undeniably preachy, is a clear explanation of what the author sees that possibility and understanding bring into being. Explain, with examples, whether you think that author has fulfilled this statement.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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