The Alchemist (1-27)

Which of the following symbols best explains where the alchemist encounters the myth of Narcissus?

• The oral tradition

• A crowded marketplace in Tangier

• A book

• A hidden ms. unearthed from a sand dune near the pyramids

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E2.6B

E2.6C

Which of the following uses for Santiago’s book are best supported by the novel?

• reading, currency, and fuel for his nightly fire

• he carries around multiple books, occasionally using his sheep as pack animals

• he doesn’t carry around a book

• reading, a pillow, and a reminder of his past as a seminarian

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E2.6B

E2.6C

Which of the following professions did Santiago most likely pursue because of a hunger for knowledge but abandon to become a shepherd?

• priest

• crystal ware salesperson

• counselor to the ruler of an oasis

• alchemist to royalty

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E2.6C

E2.8F

Which of the following themes does the Personal Legend most closely represent?

• the interdependence of all beings in the world

• pursuit of one’s personal goal or destiny

• the alchemical transmutation of base metals into gold

• the constitutive absence in any account of being or becoming

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E2.5C

E2.6C

E2.8D

Which of the following themes does Santiago’s work as a shepherd most closely represent for him?

• mobility

• spirituality

• love of one’s hometown

• wealth

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E2.6B

E2.6C

Which of the following settings does part one mainly occur in?

• Andalusia

• Egypt

• Morocco

• Brazil

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E2.6D

Which description best captures how the old man presents himself to Santiago?

• an alchemist

• his real father

• his arch-nemesis

• a Biblical king

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E2.6B

The Alchemist is told in the

(a)   tense, from a ​ (b)   point of view.

• past
• 3rd person omniscient
• present
• future
• 1st person
• 3rd person limited

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E2.6C

E2.8A

Match the following terms to their definitions

• crook

• hooked or curved implement often used to shepherd flocks

• enormous

• extraordinarily large in size or numbers or of seziable moral import

• abandon

• no longer used

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E2.2B

Match the following

• despite

• notwithstanding or in spite of

• enormous

• extraordinarily large in size or numbers or of seziable moral import

• interpret

• to present meaning, an explanation, or something’s place in a system

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E2.2B