| 1. | What was the name of the "boy" in the novel "The Alchemist"? |
| a. | | Santairo |
| b. | | Santaro |
| c. | | Santiago |
| d. | | Senioro
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| 2. | What had the "boy" done untill the age of sixteen? |
| a. | | He had attended a boarding school |
| b. | | He had been tending to his sheep most of the time |
| c. | | He had attended a school for learning agricultural techniques |
| d. | | He has attended a seminary
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| 3. | The book starts and ends with the "boy" arriving at a church. What type of tree grew at this church? |
| a. | | An oak tree |
| b. | | A sycamore tree |
| c. | | A date palm |
| d. | | An apple tree
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| 4. | What dream did the "boy" keep having, and which he narrated to the gypsy? |
| a. | | That wolves had killed his sheep |
| b. | | That a child came and played with his sheep |
| c. | | That he could see Jesus showing him the way to the pyramids |
| d. | | That he would travel to Africa in search of treasure
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| 5. | When the "boy" asked the old man (Melchizedek) where he was from, what did the old man reply? |
| a. | | From Africa |
| b. | | From Spain |
| c. | | From no where |
| d. | | From many places |
| e. | | From Egypt
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| 6. | What did the old man ask for in lieu of telling the boy how to find the hidden treasure? |
| a. | | A drink from his wine bottle |
| b. | | 5 sheep |
| c. | | One fifth of his sheep |
| d. | | One tenth of his sheep
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| 7. | While in the African market, the boy handed his money to a stranger. What did the boy see that engrossed him so much that he lost sight of the stranger? |
| a. | | A gold plate |
| b. | | 2 gold coins |
| c. | | A sword |
| d. | | A gold shield
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| 8. | How long had the crystal merchant been buying and selling crystal? |
| a. | | 10 years |
| b. | | 20 years |
| c. | | 30 years |
| d. | | 40 years
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| 9. | In what words has the principle of favorability been explained during the novel? |
| a. | | Luck favors the hard working |
| b. | | Luck favors the devout |
| c. | | Beginners luck |
| d. | | Luck due to experience
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| 10. | The crystal merchant had a thought that he said kept him alive. What was it? |
| a. | | The thought of Mecca |
| b. | | The thought of becoming rich |
| c. | | The thought of his children |
| d. | | The thought of his wife
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| 11. | Who said these words "There is a universal language, understood by everybody, but already forgotten"? |
| a. | | The old man |
| b. | | The boy |
| c. | | The Alchemist |
| d. | | The Englishman
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| 12. | What did the boy see at the oasis, which convinced him that an army would attack? |
| a. | | Two sparrows |
| b. | | Two cats |
| c. | | Two hawks |
| d. | | Two eagles
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| 13. | What was the name of the girl with whom the boy fell in love with at the oasis? |
| a. | | Benazir |
| b. | | Felicia |
| c. | | Fatima |
| d. | | Shainaz
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| 14. | When the alchemist first appeared before the boy, in which direction did he mention he lived? |
| a. | | North |
| b. | | East |
| c. | | South |
| d. | | West
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| 15. | Who said the following words "its not what enters men's mouths that is evil, its what comes out of their mouths that is"? |
| a. | | The old man |
| b. | | The Englishman |
| c. | | The alchemist |
| d. | | The chieftain
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| 16. | What does Maktub mean ? |
| a. | | It is written |
| b. | | The future |
| c. | | Listen to your heart |
| d. | | The wind
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| 17. | when does the boy meet the king |
| a. | | a store |
| b. | | outside of the plaza |
| c. | | walking |
| d. | | none of the above
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| 18. | In what the stones(Urim& Thummim) had helped the boy? |
| a. | | understanding omens |
| b. | | make descisions |
| c. | | get him out of troubles |
| d. | | cure illness
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| 19. | What happened at the end of the novel? |
| a. | | The boy died |
| b. | | The boy became a crystal merchant |
| c. | | The boy continued his life as a shepherd |
| d. | | The boy went back for his love, Fatima
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| 20. | When Santiago reach the Pyramids, how did he found the treasure? |
| a. | | He found a map that leads him to the treasure. |
| b. | | A path to a treasure. |
| c. | | A man told his dream about a church with a sycamore tree |
| d. | | The Alchemist had the treasure.
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What others think about Alchemist |
| By: hay on Feb 7, 2010 |
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| By: nicole on Jan 20, 2010 |
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| By: matti on Jan 4, 2010 |
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| By: buddhi on Feb 18, 2010 |
| | I think this is a book that helps us to penetrate to ourselves and understand who we are and what is our purpose, |
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| By: Sam on Jan 21, 2010 |
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| By: aaliyah on Dec 7, 2009 |
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| By: aalyah on Dec 6, 2009 |
| | pretty good book makes you think about what you want to do in life |
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| By: Sarah Rozaidi on Nov 12, 2009 |
| | The Alchemist was such a great book. I had to read it for english class and I'm not regretting it at all. For those who haven;t read it yet... you HAVE to read it. it's amazing. |
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| By: tony on Nov 9, 2009 |
| | this book is awesome... really encouraging... makes us think positve at ny situation in life...inspiring obviously... |
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| By: Sophie on Nov 4, 2009 |
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| By: Mike on Oct 20, 2009 |
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| By: Felix on Oct 19, 2009 |
| | Great Book. I never thought it would end like this. |
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| By: Maya on Oct 15, 2009 |
| | It was a great book about life morals....but the end with the wind and sun got a little confusing. |
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| By: kevin shi on Oct 8, 2009 |
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| By: kevin on Sep 22, 2009 |
| | it was a good book with a solid message |
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| By: kayla on Sep 21, 2009 |
| | it was very good at teaching life morals that all should follow! |
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| By: Person on Sep 20, 2009 |
| | The alchemist was a good book |
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| By: Katy on Sep 17, 2009 |
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| By: sam on Sep 17, 2009 |
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| By: Kevin Kim on Sep 16, 2009 |
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| By: Nick on Sep 16, 2009 |
| | just read it for english class, but still an excellent book |
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| By: Dani on Sep 16, 2009 |
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| By: Brent Ziegler on Sep 15, 2009 |
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| By: chris on Sep 14, 2009 |
| | it was a good quiz to get you ready |
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| By: NL on Sep 13, 2009 |
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| By: JunGyu Kim on Sep 9, 2009 |
| | YO MAN IM SO PIMPED MAN I GOT 100 ON THIS QUIZ MAN OH MAN DATS LIKE MAN U KNO MAN |
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| By: JGK on Sep 9, 2009 |
| | GO FOR YOUR PERSONAL LEGENDS GUYS |
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| By: John on Sep 7, 2009 |
| | Pay attention to the themes in this book it really changes the thought and mood of the story |
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| By: Amanda on Sep 7, 2009 |
| | THis book is really good. |
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| By: Brian on Sep 2, 2009 |
| | An amazing book that changed the way I think |
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| By: Rosa on Aug 31, 2009 |
| | well its a great book that teaches you a lot |
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| By: Amber on Aug 31, 2009 |
| | it was an okay book, but i didn't really enjoy it. I thought it was kind of boring. |
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| By: Chris on Aug 28, 2009 |
| | Read for school and good book. |
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| By: chinnu on Aug 26, 2009 |
| | it is a great novel that teaches meaningful morals. |
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| By: marygrace on Aug 20, 2009 |
| | i learnt that your personal legend never ends its continuously |
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| By: Johnny on Aug 20, 2009 |
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| By: Sam on Aug 19, 2009 |
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| By: danielle on Aug 19, 2009 |
| | this was actually a good book even though i thought it would be boring hahaha but i actually finished it in about 2 days |
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| By: danielle on Aug 19, 2009 |
| | this was actually a good book even though i thought it would be boring hahaha but i actually finished it in about 2 days |
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| By: riley on Aug 19, 2009 |
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| By: Taylor on Aug 17, 2009 |
| | It made me think. I liked it. |
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| By: heather on Aug 17, 2009 |
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| By: george on Aug 16, 2009 |
| | this book was amazing. i love it. |
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| By: Becca on Aug 15, 2009 |
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| By: Laugela on Aug 15, 2009 |
| | Hey human beings;
okay; well this book SOUNDS good; but im not really in the mood to read the whole ENTIRE thing; so sparknotes helped me out. It gave me all the information i needed to know without having to read that HUGE BORING BOOK OF YOURS.
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| By: Alex on Jul 30, 2009 |
| | I thought it was an excellent book that was a perfect length |
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| By: Jesse on Jun 22, 2009 |
| | All was listen to your heart and great things will happen!!!!!!! |
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| By: Alan on Jun 18, 2009 |
| | Alchemist is a human too. |
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| By: Caroline Holte on Jun 16, 2009 |
| | I though the alchemist was a beautifully flowing book. It taught me many ways of life. One of the things that stuck with me the most was you should live in the present. |
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| By: Anita Bath on Jun 10, 2009 |
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| By: Jonah Levine on Jun 10, 2009 |
| | I read the alchamist in 5 hours. Read it slowly it is very enjoyable. I am in 9th grade and i have to say it was a great book. |
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| By: Loo on Jun 6, 2009 |
| | great book. ive decided to take advantage of the principle of favorability from here forth |
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| By: Jaan on Jun 4, 2009 |
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| By: Lily on Jun 3, 2009 |
| | pretty good book, but difficult to understand in spanish and even more difficult to explain in spanish |
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| By: Why do you care on May 25, 2009 |
| | stupid book. i hate finals |
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| By: rachel on May 21, 2009 |
| | um ya not a good book but had to read it so yay i hate finals :/ |
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| By: susie on May 12, 2009 |
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| By: Abby on May 7, 2009 |
| | This is a memorable book with lots of advice about life. |
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| By: Martha on May 3, 2009 |
| | An amazing book! A must read! |
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| | i thoguht the bok was corney |
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| By: galina on Mar 23, 2009 |
| | every child from the age of 14 up to 35 should read this book |
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| By: Lola on Mar 12, 2009 |
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| By: taylor on Mar 12, 2009 |
| | I liked this book, i read it for my english class, sometimes it was hard to overanalyze everything, but it was a pretty good read. |
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| By: Nathan Lumbley on Feb 6, 2009 |
| | Great book! It explains that everyone lives in the present and advises one to never give up, or there is always something somewhere. |
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| By: John Smith on Jan 21, 2009 |
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| By: Rachael W on Jan 19, 2009 |
| | I really didn't like the book. It was too old to be reading in high school. I didn't even finish it because i grew bored of it. So im hoping i know enough about it to pass my exam.
xox. |
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| By: jaymie k on Dec 19, 2008 |
| | The Alchemist is hard to understand but once you start the book you cant stop reading it its so good i love the book it has a lot of mood swings its really interesting to read I think everybody should read so that you could learn about yourself and your personal legend. |
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| By: S. on Dec 10, 2008 |
| | one of the most enjoyable books ive read in english :) |
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| By: kat on Dec 4, 2008 |
| | i studied this book in school, and i had a really big exam on it and this "quiz" helped me study. |
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| By: kevin on Dec 3, 2008 |
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| By: bi ma on Nov 12, 2008 |
| | To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation in life. |
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| By: bi ma on Nov 12, 2008 |
| | To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation in life. |
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