The Alchemist pages 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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

Answer choices for the above question

• priest

• crystal ware salesperson

• counselor to the ruler of an oasis

• alchemist to royalty

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

• Andalusia

• Egypt

• Morocco

• Brazil

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the definition and choose the correct word for the definition.

definition: hooked or curved implement often used to shepherd flocks

• crook

• enormous

• despite

• interpret

• abandon

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the definition and choose the correct word for the definition.

definition: no longer used

• crook

• enormous

• despite

• interpret

• abandon

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the definition and choose the correct word for the definition.

definition: extraordinarily large in size or numbers or of seziable moral import

• crook

• enormous

• despite

• interpret

• abandon

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4