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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. According to the lesson, the shift in the assemblage point is not only ____________.
(a) Mental.
(b) Madness.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Physical.

2. Don Juan tells Carlos that he cannot remember everything becomes some of the lessons are __________ in other parts of his being.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Trapped.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Misled.

3. The reason for the existence of __________ beings is to enhance awareness of themselves and of the world around them, according to Don Juan.
(a) Imperceivable.
(b) Sentient.
(c) Plant medicine.
(d) Ally.

4. What does La Gorda do when she becomes angry with Carlos in the course of their meeting time?
(a) Rips his skin.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Sings to him.

5. While Don Genaro is sleeping, Don Juan explains to Carlos the second ____________ about awareness and seeing.
(a) Promise.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Emanation.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might the narrator's state of mind be described as in this part of the book, which leads Don Juan and Don Genaro to question whether he wants to be there?

2. What does Carlos do when the ally tries to climb through the mirror during another lesson?

3. What does Don Juan do in order to push Carlos into a heightened state of awareness in the beginning of the story?

4. At what sort of place does Don Juan work himself to the bone, which is where he meets his petty tyrant?

5. Who does Don Juan warn Carlos he will meet the next day, someone who is scarier than the vision in the mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation for the fatigue which Carlos is feeling after his experience with Don Genaro and Don Juan?

2. Why is the unknowable draining for new seers who have come to the path of being a student?

3. What needs to happen if Carlos is to perceive an ally with his teachers and in his lessons?

4. What do Don Juan and Don Genaro debate when they see that Carlos seems melancholic?

5. What does Don Genaro find humorous about the various side of the narrator when they are all sitting at Don Genaro's house?

6. What does Carlos learn about the seer and the Eagle's emanations right before he falls asleep?

7. What does Carlos learn when he asks Don Juan if the warriors are preparing for death?

8. What happens to Carlos' memories when he returns to normal awareness after being in a state of heightened awareness?

9. What is Carlos told to do when he asks for an example of what an ancient Toltec practice might be?

10. What is the reason why Don Genaro is able to push the narrator's assemblage point in the story?

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