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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Stopping The World: Chapter 3, Losing Self-importance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Don Juan calls Castaneda's body stupid and young, he corrects the term stupid and replaces it with __________.
(a) Naive
(b) Dormant
(c) Quiet
(d) Blocked

2. Don Juan says that he dropped his personal history the way he dropped ______________.
(a) His religion
(b) His wife
(c) Drinking
(d) The cup

3. What does Castaneda boast to Don Juan that he knows about?
(a) Lizards
(b) Peyote
(c) Wind spirits
(d) Jimsom Weed

4. When Carlos Castaneda goes to work with Don Juan Matus, what does he want to study?
(a) The desert
(b) Animal spirits
(c) Indian culture
(d) Psychotropic plants

5. Castaneda tells Don Juan that he is a _____________ and that cannot be changed.
(a) Yaqui Indian
(b) Medicine man
(c) Male
(d) Person

Short Answer Questions

1. When a rock crashes down a hill nearby, Don Juan tells Castaneda that it is an _____________

2. What causes Castaneda to study for a longer period of time before working with Don Juan?

3. What does Castaneda pull out that he wants to fill in with Don Juan while he is with him?

4. How many months of extra research does Castaneda do in preparation for his work with Don Juan?

5. Don Juan points out that Castaneda walks in a ___________ way and that it will harm his learning.

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