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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbed Carlos?
(a) The fact that don Juan's bones all cracked.
(b) The darkness.
(c) That don Juan didn't care about him.
(d) The lack of progress on his book.

2. When did don Juan's scars disappear?
(a) None of these.
(b) When he'd taken on his own apprentice.
(c) After twenty years had passed.
(d) When he had become one with the ally.

3. Why does Carlos think he is better off than the shoeshine boys?
(a) Carlos feels his world is more intellectually open to him.
(b) Carlos feels that he lives better.
(c) Carlos feels that knowledge cannot be acquired by their lifestyle.
(d) Carlos feels that their entire existence is taken up in the pursuit of food.

4. What does don Juan point out to Carlos?
(a) That his world of opportunities and freedom cannot make him a man of knowledge.
(b) That his view of the children is shallow.
(c) That his perception is out of tune.
(d) That his view of the boys is one sided.

5. Why was Carlos' friend lonely?
(a) He never raised a family.
(b) He died without 'seeing'.
(c) He believed in his beliefs and rationalism, instead of in the world around him.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Carlos actually see?

2. What is sorcery comparable to among the Indians?

3. From what two points do the fibers extend that don Juan describes?

4. What is a unit of meaning?

5. How many peyote buttons did Eligio chew?

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