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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 Wil think individual intuitions and perceptions of destiny are?

2. What does Feyman hope to gain if he is successful in the Experiment?

3. Who do the four allies see when they go into the underground bunker?

4. What dimension holds the souls who have been present along the road of human evolution?

5. What type of job did the narrator have the first time he met Maya and Webber?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wil say is their task concerning the Group of Seven?

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

3. What does Wil say about the scenarios the narrator saw?

4. What does the narrator discuss with Wil concerning the Christian church?

5. Describe the vision the narrator had at the beginning of Chapter 6, Part 2.

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

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

8. What does the narrator say he realized about humans born into the world?

9. What does the narrator realize about all his previous lives and what he thinks is needed to change the trend?

10. After Charlene and Maya escape from Feyman, what do Webber and the Narrator do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What the author is researching and discovering are old truths recycled here as they have been throughout the centuries. It could be argued that this is part of his narrative and thematic point, that humanity has been aware of the truths being espoused but has been unwilling and/or unable to fully act on them (because, the narrator/author would probably say) of the Fear.

1. Why do you think the truths the author is espousing are old ones known and thought about throughout the ages? Use examples to support your opinion. Use research if necessary.

2. Do you think that that the author writing about old truths is part of his narrative and thematic point, that humanity has been aware of the truths being espoused but has been unwilling and/or unable to fully act on them? Why or why not? Use examples to support your opinion.

3. How do you think fear blocks people from becoming enlightened? How much do you think human reactions and behaviors are based on fear? Use examples to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

There is a development of what might be called a parallel narrative or subplot - the deepening of the mystery of what happened during that past encounter between Natives and Whites. This subplot functions as all subplots do - to illuminate and define events and/or circumstances in the main narrative, albeit perhaps with more thematic and/or spiritual relevance than most subplots.

1. Explain what you think the above statements mean. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think the subplot was essential to the book? Why or why not? What did the subplot add?

3. Explain, in depth, what you learned about the characters from the subplot.

4. Do you believe the author has suggested the characters' personalities and behaviors are essentially static from lifetime to lifetime? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Is it stereotypical that insight into the human/animal relationship comes from a Native American character, who in many narratives is portrayed as having a "special" relationship with nature? Or is it archetypal? Might it not have more thematic weight and/or depth if the narrator had REALIZED it, rather than having it explained to him as he has had so many things, repetitively and almost tediously, explained to him/preached at him ... and therefore preached at the reader?

1. Is it stereotypical that insight into the human/animal relationship comes from a Native American character, who in many narratives is portrayed as having a "special" relationship with nature? Explain what you think this statements means with examples from this book and your own life and knowledge.

2. After researching the terms stereotype and archetype, argue for this area of the book to be one or the other. Use examples from the text to illustrate your points.

3. Explain why someone might learn something better and retain it longer if they had learned or researched it themselves rather than had someone tell them.

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