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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. What did Mescalito allow Carlos to do?
(a) All of these.
(b) Understand what was happening to Eligio.
(c) 'See' Eligio's lesson.
(d) Interpret Eligio's lesson.

2. How many times did Carlos have to call don Juan for him to come?
(a) Two.
(b) He never left.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. How did don Juan treat Carlos' experience at the mitote?
(a) As a good sign.
(b) As an omen he should take peyote again.
(c) As a good omen.
(d) All of these.

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

5. What is the only thing that tempers the spirit?
(a) The idea of travel.
(b) The idea of death.
(c) The idea of love.
(d) The idea of eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did don Juan and Carlos eat?

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

3. Why can't Carlos understand about controlled folly?

4. What is a unit of meaning?

5. How could a skilled sorcerer bring about a specialized range of perception?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differences does don Juan offer between his protectors and the ones created by the Catholic faith?

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

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

4. Why couldn't Carlos articulate what he wanted to after his experience?

5. What about don Juan's explanation had made Carlos feel uncomfortable?

6. What does don Juan point out in regards to Carlos' view of the shoeshine boys?

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

8. Why did the guardian stop Carlos?

9. What did Benigno and Lucio say in regards to don Juan?

10. What does don Juan say about Carlos' progress?

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