The Alchemist (Coelho) Quizzes

The Alchemist (Coelho) Quiz 1

1 What region of Spain is Santiago from?
Galicia

Tangiers

Andalusia

Tarifa
2 What is the name of the wind that blows from Africa?
Thurimm

The Levantine

Umim

The Levanter
3 What is Santiago's original profession?
Shepherd

Goatherd

Merchant

Sailor
4 Melchizedek is the king of what kingdom?
Salem

Granada

Sevilla

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

One half

One tenth

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

One fifth

One tenth

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

Attended the seminary

Worked at a slaughter house

Planted orange trees
8 Where does Santiago meet Melchizedek?
Sevilla

Tarifa

Tangiers

Al-Fayoum
9 What are the names of the black and white stones that Melchizedek gave to Santiago?
Urit and Thurrit

Black and White

Urim and Thummim

Tundle and Dundle
10 Where does Santiago disembark in Africa?
Granada

Tarifa

Tangiers

Morocco
11 What country is Al-Fayoum in?
Somalia

Egypt

Morocco

Algeria
12 What mythological character is the prologue about?
Narcissus

Achilles

Sisyphus

Oedipus
13 Why does the lake in the prologue weep?
Because it can't love

Because it is in Greece

Because it misses narcissus

Because it doesn't have a Personal Legend
14 What kind of tree is growing in the abandoned church where Santiago has his first dream?
Cedar

Birch

Oak

Sycamore
15 What are the only two things that Santiago's sheep worry about?
Fear and trembling

Food and water

Shelter and procreating

Wealth and power
16 How does Santiago meet the merchant's daughter?
He sells her father some wool

She reads his palm

Melchizedek introduces them

He runs into her in the town square
17 How did Santiago learn to read?
From being a merchant

In the seminary

From Melchizedek

From a gypsy
18 Why does Santiago leave the seminary?
Because he wants to travel

Because he wants to become a Muslim

Because he doesn't believe in God

Because he wants to find God on his own
19 Where does Santiago's father get the gold coins that he gives Santiago?
In a cave

From his father

In a field

He found them in an abandoned church
20 Besides his sheep and a jacket, what is the one thing that Santiago always carries while shepherding?
A book

A pipe

A mirror

A cross
21 Where does the dream interpreter live?
Alhambra

Tarifa

Sevilla

Algeria
22 In Santiago's dream, who shows him the treasure?
An elf

A woman

A camel

A child
23 In Santiago's dream, where is the treasure?
The Pharoah's Tomb

The Egyptian Pyramids

Mt. Ararat

Al-Fayoum
24 When Santiago swears to give the gypsy woman 1/10th of his treasure, what does he swear on?
The Eye of God

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Bible

A Relic of Santiago Matamoros
25 What is Santiago doing when he meets Melchizedek?
Shearing a sheep

Eating an apple

Pondering his Personal Legend

Reading a book

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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