Characters
Who Said it?
Santiago
Where Did It Happen?
Literary Devices
100
An old woman living in tarifa who interprets dreams. she reads palms and uses black magic.
Who is the Gypsy ?
100
" Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world "
Who is the Alchemist?
100
This persons biggest fear is whether or not he or she is denying there own opportunity to embrace something larger in there life
What is Santiago biggest fear?
100
Where Santiago meets Melchizedek
What is a plazza?
100
"…everyone in the market fell to their knees, touched their foreheads to the ground, and took up a chant. Than, like a colony of worker ants, they dismantled their stalls and left.”
What is a smile?
200
An adventurous young Andalusia shepherd determined to fulfill his personal legend.
Who is Santiago ?
200
" One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving"
Who is Fatima?
200
What did Santiago parents originally hope he would be when he grew up?
What is a Priest?
200
Where Santiago spends the night and has the same dream he had a week ago.
What is an abandoned church?
200
The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said, “I weep for Narcissus.”
What is personification?
300
A beautiful and chaste young desert women.
Who is Fatima?
300
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.”
Who is the Camel Driver?
300
What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that takes shelter in the way to the merchant?
What is a Sycamore tree?
300
The thought of this place keeps the Crystal Merchant alive.
What is Mecca?
300
"The horizon was tinged with red, and suddenly the sun appeared."
What is imagery?
400
The king of Salem
Who is Melchizedek ?
400
“The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves.”
Who is the Englishman?
400
What comforts Santiago when he is visiting the gypsy dream interpreter?
What is an image of Jesus?
400
Santiago has to travel across this large dry area.
What is the Sahara Desert?
400
"He remembered something his grandfather had once told him: that butterflies were a good omen."
What is symbolism?
500
A scam artist living in tangier who speaks Arabic and Spanish.
Who is the Young Man ?
500
The crystal merchant "Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense my possibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived. Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.”
Who is the Crystal Merchant?
500
What does the book that Santiago buys in the tarifa describe in its opening pages?
What is a burial ceremony?
500
The child in Santiago dream said Santiago would find treasure if he went here.
What are the Egyptian pyramids?
500
Santiago traveled all the way across Africa to Egypt only to discover that his treasure was in Spain at the ruined church where he had his dream.
What is irony?
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