The Alchemist (Coelho) Quizzes

The Alchemist (Coelho) Quiz 1

1 What region of Spain is Santiago from?
Tangiers

Galicia

Tarifa

Andalusia
2 What is the name of the wind that blows from Africa?
The Levanter

The Levantine

Umim

Thurimm
3 What is Santiago's original profession?
Goatherd

Sailor

Shepherd

Merchant
4 Melchizedek is the king of what kingdom?
Sevilla

Granada

Salem

Andalusia
5 How much treasure does the gypsy woman in Tarifa ask for?
One half

One sixth

One tenth

One third
6 How much of the flock does Melchizedek ask for?
One half

One tenth

One sixth

One fifth
7 What did Santiago do before shepherding?
Sold books

Worked at a slaughter house

Planted orange trees

Attended the seminary
8 Where does Santiago meet Melchizedek?
Al-Fayoum

Tarifa

Tangiers

Sevilla
9 What are the names of the black and white stones that Melchizedek gave to Santiago?
Black and White

Urit and Thurrit

Tundle and Dundle

Urim and Thummim
10 Where does Santiago disembark in Africa?
Granada

Tangiers

Morocco

Tarifa
11 What country is Al-Fayoum in?
Egypt

Algeria

Somalia

Morocco
12 What mythological character is the prologue about?
Narcissus

Sisyphus

Oedipus

Achilles
13 Why does the lake in the prologue weep?
Because it misses narcissus

Because it is in Greece

Because it doesn't have a Personal Legend

Because it can't love
14 What kind of tree is growing in the abandoned church where Santiago has his first dream?
Cedar

Birch

Sycamore

Oak
15 What are the only two things that Santiago's sheep worry about?
Shelter and procreating

Food and water

Fear and trembling

Wealth and power
16 How does Santiago meet the merchant's daughter?
He runs into her in the town square

He sells her father some wool

Melchizedek introduces them

She reads his palm
17 How did Santiago learn to read?
From Melchizedek

From a gypsy

In the seminary

From being a merchant
18 Why does Santiago leave the seminary?
Because he wants to find God on his own

Because he doesn't believe in God

Because he wants to travel

Because he wants to become a Muslim
19 Where does Santiago's father get the gold coins that he gives Santiago?
In a field

In a cave

He found them in an abandoned church

From his father
20 Besides his sheep and a jacket, what is the one thing that Santiago always carries while shepherding?
A book

A cross

A pipe

A mirror
21 Where does the dream interpreter live?
Sevilla

Alhambra

Tarifa

Algeria
22 In Santiago's dream, who shows him the treasure?
A woman

A camel

An elf

A child
23 In Santiago's dream, where is the treasure?
Al-Fayoum

Mt. Ararat

The Egyptian Pyramids

The Pharoah's Tomb
24 When Santiago swears to give the gypsy woman 1/10th of his treasure, what does he swear on?
A Relic of Santiago Matamoros

The Eye of God

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Bible
25 What is Santiago doing when he meets Melchizedek?
Shearing a sheep

Reading a book

Eating an apple

Pondering his Personal Legend

how are the two locations different in regards to food/drink, religion, customs, etc.?

Which specific locations are you referring to?

Asked by kattya t #533384

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/25/2016 4:14 PM

Earlier in the story, the alchemist told Santiago"when you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed". At the end of the story, what did he do to find his treasure?

Santiago digs a hole at the base of the tree where he had had his first dream. Sure enough, he finds a trunk full of gold–enough for him and Fatima to live happily for a long time.

Asked by nicole p #261397

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/12/2015 12:11 AM

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According to the book, is it possible to live a fulfilling life without ever achieving one’s Personal Legend? Why or why not?

This is very much a perspective question. It would be possible to have a good life but the complete fulfillment would not be there. The crystal merchant, for example, lived a good life but not one that was fulfilled.

Asked by Ali raza s #492693

Answered by Aslan on 1/10/2016 3:44 AM

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The Alchemist (Coelho)

by Paulo Coelho

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