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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. (The Alchemist MC Questions) What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant?
Sycamore tree.
The church burst into flame.
Sheep that had golden fleece.
An army of Moors desecrating the church.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did Santiago’s parents originally hope he would be when he grew up?
A farmer.
A king.
A priest.
A military officer.
- 3. Multiple Choice
In the recurring dream Santiago has at the abandoned Church, who encourages him to seek treasure at the pyramids?
The ghost of his dead younger sister who appeared as she would if she survived to adulthood.
Michael the Archangel.
Melchizedek via Force Projection.
A child.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What comforts Santiago when he is visiting the gypsy dream interpreter?
An image of Muhammad.
An image of Jesus.
The confident hand of Melchizedek on his shoulder.
The baying of his sheep.
Urim and Thummim.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does Melchizedek ask Santiago for in return for directing him toward his personal legend?
The rest of his gold.
Three years of indentured service.
One-tenth of his flock.
The merchant’s daughter.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who does Melchizedek point out to Santiago as someone who did not follow their Personal Legend?
An old woman beggar.
A baker.
A professor who was fired from his job and became a street sweeper.
The fortune teller.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the book that Santiago buys in Tarifa describe in its opening pages?
A concept map explaining the Personal Legend Philosophy.
It was a magic book that told the story of its owner as his or her life unfolded.
A burial ceremony.
Stories about the Crusades.
- 8. Multiple Choice
As Santiago sets off to Africa, Melchizedek recalls guiding who else to his personal legend?
Abraham.
The Alchemist.
Paul Coelho.
Santiago’s father.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What distracts Santiago and allows the young man in Tarifa to steal his money?
A beautiful dancing girl.
Anger over a plate of pork, which the consumption was against Santiago’s religion.
The proper attire to wear in the desert.
A scabbard embossed in silver.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What kind of vendor does Santiago admire the morning after he is robbed by the young man in Tarifa?
He meets the crystal merchant.
A weapon-smith.
A candy seller.
A wine seller.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does Santiago suggest to the crystal merchant as a strategy to make more money?
To actually use the crystal cups to sell tea to display their value.
Open a stall in the marketplace to access the high traffic that passed through that area.
Discounted prices on the weekends and holidays.
Export the products to Spain.
Build a website and sell the crystal through eBay.
- 12. Multiple Choice
According to the Englishman, what is the name of the discovery that is the result of refining metal until all that is left is the Soul of the World?
The Universal Truth
The Master Work
The Neverending Story
The Galactic Force
The Voice of the Wind
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the product of alchemy that can turn lead into gold?
The Gauntlet of Fire.
The Sorcerer’s Stone.
The Philosopher’s Stone.
The Elixir of Gold
The Instant Oven
- 14. Multiple Choice
Upon what item is the core secret of alchemy written?
The Secret Papyrus.
The Emerald Tablet.
The Golden Rolodex
The Warrior’s Code
- 15. Multiple Choice
What surprises Santiago about the Al-Fayoum oasis?
The settlement could be cloaked when the magical wizard that lives there says a certain incantation.
The settlement was guarded by a centaur, a minotaur, and other creatures from the Greek mythology stories that Santiago read.
The settlement went against his expectations in that it is larger than some of the most developed cities in Spain.
The settlement was set a part of an alien spacecraft.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where does Santiago meet Fatima?
Fatima was a part of the same caravan as Santiago.
Santiago met Fatima at the well.
Santiago met Fatima at the crystal shop.
Fatima and Santiago actually did not meet until the day of their wedding; their marriage was arranged.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the portentous omen that Santiago sees in the Al-Fayoum oasis?
A tree that was a part of the settlement since its founding burned down.
The high priest of the village died from a scorpion’s sting.
Santiago observed two hawks fighting in flight.
A swarm of locusts descended upon the village’s food supply and ate all of it.
- 18. Multiple Choice
How does the tribal chieftain punish the chief of the invading army?
Tarring and feathering.
Tarring and feathering.
Death by beheading.
Execution by hanging.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What job does the Al-Fayoum tribal chieftain offer Santiago to reward him for warning of invading armies?
“Vizier to the Pharaoh”
“Counselor of the Oasis”
“Templar Commander”
“Diplomat to Spain”
- 20. Multiple Choice
What danger do Santiago and the alchemist come across in their first foray into the desert?
Another oasis that had an even more sizable settlement.
Another thieving Moor.
A poisonous cobra.
A golden eagle trained to find the Philosopher’s Stone.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which part of nature didn’t Santiago speak to when he was trying to turn himself into the wind?
The trees: Recall that Santiago, at this point, lived in the desert, so there were no trees. In addition, with the exception of their seeds, trees were stationary elements of nature because they were rooted to their position.
The Desert: As a shepherd, Santiago lived a nomadic life, which made it easier to hear the “desert’s voice”.
The Wind: Santiago learned from the high priest of the tribe that he had to speak to the element that he wanted to become a part of.
The Sun: As a Catholic, Santiago did not worship The Sun as the Egyptians did, neither did the Muslims; the Bedouin people of the tribe that Santiago became a part of practiced Islam and therefore Muslim.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What do the alchemist and the monk talk about while the alchemist is transforming the lead?
They debated about religion and science in terms of which subject should rule the minds and hearts of people.
They debated about the gladiator battles still taking place in Rome.
The rampant tribal wars plaguing the land and how they upset the peaceful environment of the monastery.
They discussed the loneliness of desert life.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Why does Santiago choose to dig in the dune by the pyramids?
He sees a scarab beetle which marked the exact location of the treasure.
In a dream, his sister’s ghost pointed out the exact location where the treasure was buried.
The Wind, his ally, whispers where the location of the treasure is.
He noticed that there was an odd pattern of rocks laid out in an “X” pattern.
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the treasure that Santiago finds under the sycamore tree?
A letter from his parents.
A copy of the Alchemist’s formula book so he could produce gold.
A letter from his parents.
A chest of gold and jewels.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What alone will not suffice, according to the Englishman, to make it across the desert? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
Omen belief.
A caravan.
Personal courage.
Good luck crystals.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is the Englishman in Part 3 looking for? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
An alchemist.
Omens.
Mecca.
Crystals.
- 27. Multiple Choice
In Part 6, how long are the alchemist and Santiago given to prove that Santiago really does have the ability that the Alchemist claims he does? (from Part 6 (through page 151))
2 weeks.
3 days.
2 days
3 weeks.
- 28. Multiple Choice
In Part 6, what does Santiago always promise about his heart? (from Part 6 (through page 151))
To test it.
To work through the suffering.
To test it.
To listen to it.
- 29. Multiple Choice
What does the Alchemist use to turn lead into a disk of gold? (from Part 7 (through page 177))
Soul of God and Elixir of Life.
Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone.
Philosopher's Stone and Language of the World.
Soul of God and Language of the World.
- 30. Multiple Choice
In Part 5, what does Santiago think his treasure is? (from Part 5 (through page 134))
Fatima.
His camel.
His new position within the tribe.
His ability to read the desert omens.
- 31. Multiple Choice
What language does Santiago learn while working for the merchant in Part 3? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
Egyptian.
Arabic.
Spanish
English.
- 32. Multiple Choice
What fear does the crystal merchant have about Santiago's second suggestion of how to improve his business? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
He will be unable to make what Santiago suggests.
People will get sick.
He will have to expand his business.
Thieves.
- 33. Multiple Choice
In Part 7, who/what does Santiago tell that everything evolves? (from Part 7 (through page 177))
The desert.
The wind.
The sun.
Heaven.
- 34. Multiple Choice
What power does the Alchemist say Santiago possesses? (from Part 6 (through page 151))
The power to create oases.
The power to turn lead into gold.
The power to turn himself into wind.
The ability to be a powerful guide.
- 35. Multiple Choice
What is Santiago's second suggestion to improve the crystal merchant's business? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
Crystal glasses with tea in them.
Tea and cookies.
Crystals with omens inside.
Tea and cookies.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Who rides to join the caravan periodically and warns of dangers ahead? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
Thieves.
Alchemists.
Bedouins.
Robbers.
- 37. Multiple Choice
What does Fatima trust in? (from Part 5 (through page 134))
The fates of the desert.
The alchemist.
Santiago.
The tribal chief.
- 38. Multiple Choice
In Part 7, how many pieces does the Alchemist cut the disk of gold into? (from Part 7 (through page 177))
2.
3.
4.
5.
- 39. Multiple Choice
Who appears standing next to Santiago as he is digging for the treasure? (from Part 7 (through page 177))
Fatima and her father.
Armed tribesmen.
The Alchemist.
Refugees from the wars.
- 40. Multiple Choice
According to Part 4, who is waiting at the oasis? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
The beautiful girl.
Santiago's father.
The crystal merchant.
The Alchemist.
- 41. Multiple Choice
What does the individual Santiago meets at the well in Part 4 tell him? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
Where to find the alchemist.
To stay away from the Englishman.
That she loves him.
That he should be afraid of the war.
- 42. Multiple Choice
What does the Englishman plan on using the object he built outside of his tent for? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
To create the Master Work.
To keep his tent warm.
To begin turning lead into gold.
To make the Elixir of Life.
- 43. Multiple Choice
What object(s) does the Englishman have that surprises Santiago? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
Gold.
A revolver.
Philosopher's stones.
Books.
- 44. Multiple Choice
Why does the crystal merchant take awhile to decide whether or not to allow Santiago to make the object Santiago offered to make? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
He is afraid of thieves.
He needs to keep his crystal in his shop.
He cannot afford it.
He does not like change.
- 45. Multiple Choice
What does the Alchemist advise Santiago to listen to in order to immerse himself in the desert? (from Part 5 (through page 134))
The omens of the pyramids.
His love for Fatima.
His heart.
The desert omens.
- 46. Multiple Choice
What does the Englishman in Part 3 believe in that Santiago also believes? (from Part 3 (through page 83))
Crystals.
Tea.
Omens.
Muslim beliefs.
- 47. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the oasis? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
Food.
A chief.
Water.
Money.
- 48. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the oasis? (from Part 4 (through page 109))
The alchemist owns it.
It is an illusion.
The people of the oasis pick a specific side in the war.
It is a safe refuge from the war.
- 49. Multiple Choice
(2 points) _ are the language of God. _ is the language of the soul.
Dreams
Omens
Money
Alchemy
Music
- 50. Multiple Choice
To answer the following question correctly, think about all of the lessons taught in the book, The Alchemist. Why does the author, Paulo Coehlo, send Santiago to the location detailed in the Epilogue?
To demonstrate that the start of a journey is more important than its conclusion, that there are important lessons in the beginning that should not be forgotten, that we need to stay humble in our pursuits of our Personal Legend.
To demonstrate that faith is more important as we pursue our Personal Legends than our own efforts. We need organized religion to get us to the places where we need to go.
To demonstrate that sometimes at our journey’s end, we sometimes find ourselves its beginning. This further illustrates that it is the journey that is more important than the destination.
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