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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Elias see about Julian when he comes upon him during his trip to the city?
(a) His stories.
(b) His ruse.
(c) His power.
(d) His death.

2. Understanding the __________ means moving beyond the comprehensible, according to the teaching of Don Juan, but Carlos is confused.
(a) Abstract cores.
(b) Passion.
(c) Truth.
(d) Commitment.

3. Who is the teacher of Julian, a person of which Don Juan speaks also in the story?
(a) Elias.
(b) Don Matus.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) Carlos.

4. Don Juan tells Carlos the story of how ________ taught him to stalk himself as a part of his training.
(a) Don Matus.
(b) No one.
(c) Julian.
(d) Elias.

5. Men do not use their energies to help achieve _________ because, according to Don Juan, they are bogged down by the vagaries of life.
(a) Peace.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Understanding.

6. ___________ is the procedure by which a person can directly connect with the powers of intent and with the shift in perception.
(a) Sorcerey.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Apprenticeship.
(d) Sleep.

7. Who is the person with whom the reestablishment of spirit was particularly hard, according to the book?
(a) Don Matus.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Elias.
(d) Julian.

8. Don Juan tells Carlos that the point of understanding the abstract cores must be understood outside of _____________.
(a) Language.
(b) Truth.
(c) Time.
(d) Possibility.

9. Carlos realizes what the definition of intent is, but realizes it can not be communicated in _________.
(a) Words.
(b) Pieces.
(c) Reality.
(d) Pictures.

10. Elias was _________ to a city when he came upon a well-dressed man in a field, who was seducing a woman.
(a) Riding in a cart.
(b) Walking.
(c) Thinking about walking.
(d) Riding on a horse.

11. ___________ can be described and can be represented, according to Don Juan, but intent can not.
(a) God.
(b) Earth.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Nature.

12. ____________ is the reorientation of human energy fields in order to achieve peace and freedom from the mundane folkways of life.
(a) Apprenticeship.
(b) Nagualism.
(c) Writing.
(d) Study.

13. What had the spirit sent to Julian in order to warn him about what would happen at the hacienda?
(a) Letters.
(b) Water buckets.
(c) Omens.
(d) Sacrifices.

14. Who is the dark and massive Indian with rough features who is short, with large hands and feet, humble and wise but without flare?
(a) Elias.
(b) Don Matus.
(c) Julian.
(d) Don Juan.

15. What is the illness which overtook Julian and caused him to shift not only his perspective, but also his direction in life?
(a) He didn't have an illness.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Don Juan tried to escape from his situation, according to the story in the book?

2. What does Silvio scream which causes Carlos to remember what he has learned, according to the story?

3. Carlos doesn't actually want to ______________, but he is doing so anyways since that is how Don Juan is teaching him about the culture.

4. To whom does Don Juan compare the way that Carlos is asking questions, according to the book?

5. What does Don Juan have to disguise himself as in order to get past the malevolent creature?

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