The Alchemist (pages 132–171)

Which of the following ideas best explains how the alchemist assuages Santiago’s anxiety about their capture by a warring tribe by advising that the threat of death often makes people much more conscious of their . (page 147)

• blessings

• fates

• lives

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the old alchemist, everyone plays a central role in ​ ​ (a)   , even though they mainly do it​ (b)   . (page 163)

• the history of the world
• unknowingly
• happily
• the discovery of Personal Legends
• the proliferation of knowledge
• deliberately

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E2.4F

E2.6A

Which legendary being mainly appears in a story told by the old alchemist in this final section?

• an angel

• a jinn

• a wendigo

• a roc

The old alchemist’s observations that the Sahara used to be a sea best conveys which alchemical theme?

• Gold should not be understood symbolically but only as literal item of great value.

• The inevitability of transformation but also return, for the Sahara will return in the far future to its sea state.

• A caution against pursuing your Personal Legend.

• The Sahara’s time as a desert represents how some things when lost are never recuperable.

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E2.6A

E2.8D

Which of the following themes does the shell the alchemist finds in the Sahara mainly represent?

• water is a symbol for the universal language and so permeates every material thing

• the need to read the universal language in your surrounding or to listen to the shell

• sometimes you just find random things in random places

• there are no accidents, for every object in every place has its meaning and its purpose.

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E2.8D

E2.6A

What type of animal with symbolic significance is most closely associated with the alchemist?

• parrot

• falcon

• jinn

• sparrow

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E2.8D

E2.6C

Which of the following places most closely is involved with Santiago’s eventual discovery of the treasure?

• the marketplace in Tangier

• Seville, the capitol & major river port of Andalusia

• a Coptic monastery near Cairo

• the church at which the novel began

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E2.6C

E2.6D

Which journey does The Alchemist mainly conclude with Santiago about to undertake?

• Returning to Fatima at the Saharan oasis.

• Returning to Andalusia to find the real location of the treasure.

• Returning to the company of the old alchemist to study the Master Work.

• Having made all of his journeys, he will remain stationary.

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E2.6D

E2.6C

Match the vocabulary word to its corresponding definition.

• command

• an order, the authority to issue orders, well-practiced ability, or a thing under one’s authority

• agitate

• to gradually end, discontinue, cease motion, or become extinct

• cease

• consonance of sound, color in painting, or orchestral instruments in a complex sonata

• demonstrate

• to stir, stimulate, irritate, or excite

• symphony

• to prove via explanation, argument, examples, or through efficiency trial

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E2.2B

Order these events chronologically as they occur in the narrative:

• Santiago and the alchemist take different paths.

• Santiago is robbed, again, but for the final time.

• Santiago overhears the dream of one of his robbers.

• Santiago returns to the Coptic monastery.

• Santiago reclaims the last golden fourth.

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E2.6C

E2.6B