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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big did the guardian appear to be?
(a) Ten feet tall.
(b) Fifty feet tall.
(c) A hundred feet tall.
(d) Two hundred feet tall.

2. What is a unit of meaning?
(a) All the single elements relating to the knowledge that don Juan was trying to teach him.
(b) A part of a whole idea that don Juan was attempting to communicate.
(c) A single aspect of genuine understanding.
(d) All of these.

3. Where did don Genaro take the group to?
(a) The river.
(b) The desert.
(c) The waterfall.
(d) The chasm.

4. What was don Juan reputed to know about?
(a) LSA.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) All of these.

5. What did Carlos notice about the shoeshine boys' scavenging abilities?
(a) They were very quick.
(b) They were very thorough.
(c) They left nothing behind.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Saceteca see?

2. How many years was don Juan away from his apprenticeship?

3. What did don Juan and Carlos eat?

4. How did don Elias appear to act?

5. How many peyote buttons did Eligio chew?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can a person who only 'sees' never really be happy or attached to anything?

2. What was the confusion regarding allies and the smoke?

3. What is the difference between seeing and looking?

4. What about Castaneda's behavior did don Genaro find amusing and why?

5. Why didn't Carlos 'see' the people that were around when he had left the plants?

6. Why, according to don Juan, can a blind man not truly laugh?

7. Provide an explanation as to why a man of knowledge is vastly valued profession for Carlos.

8. What is tricky regarding allies?

9. What was the difference that appeared when don Juan and Carlos were talking about knowledge?

10. How must someone approach Mescalito?

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