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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don Juan and Carlos spend the night in the spot where Carlos remembered his experience in _____________.
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Guaymas.
(c) Nogales.
(d) Iquitos.

2. Don Juan tells Carlos that all movements of the assemblage point will require the ___________, within the context of his teachings.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Humor.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Truth.

3. Don Juan quizzes Carlos on what he has learned and tells him that moving the ___________ is not the first principle of sorcery, though it often happens first.
(a) Awareness.
(b) Assemblage point.
(c) Identity.
(d) Power.

4. The forerunner to silent ________ is the place of no pity assemblage point, according to Don Juan in his teachings to Carlos.
(a) Peace.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Remembrance.
(d) Memory.

5. What does Don Juan continue to see even though the others in the house can not, so Julian says that he needs to stay?
(a) Ashes.
(b) Monster.
(c) The peyote spirit.
(d) His dead wife.

6. Who calls Carlos a petty, wasteful, opinionated, coercive, short tempered, and conceited man in the course of the story?
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Julian.
(c) Elias.
(d) Don Matus.

7. Man's __________reaches its limits when the action from #104 is taken, according to the teachings of Don Juan.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Perception.
(c) Truth.
(d) Belief.

8. The state in which a person ceases to be a self-reflector is called the _________ state, according to Don Juan while he teaches Carlos.
(a) Not knowing.
(b) Not understanding.
(c) Not doing.
(d) Not seeing.

9. What is the animal that Carlos and Don Juan both notice as they are traveling together?
(a) Raven.
(b) Lizard.
(c) Lion.
(d) Jaguar.

10. What is Don Juan dressed in when he is in Durango during the story he tells Carlos of his impeccability?
(a) Men's clothing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Women's clothing.
(d) A sheet.

11. Don Juan reminds Carlos that a sorcerer works to shatter the __________ of self reflection, according to his teachings.
(a) Book.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Plate.

12. Don Juan tells Carlos there are ______ stages when it comes to connecting with one's intent, according to his teachings.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

13. How many times does Don Juan slap Carlos when Carlos appears to be trying to help him with his movement?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) He doesn't slap him.
(d) Once.

14. The third point of reference that Carlos achieved is the freedom of ________ and it is also called intent.
(a) Truth.
(b) Perception.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Belief.

15. What does the monster represent to Don Juan, according to the teachings of Julian in the story?
(a) Bad attitude.
(b) Pain.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian suggest to Don Juan as a way to defeat self-importance, though there are three different ways?

2. What is one of the ways Don Juan suggests that Carlos can begin to remember the things he wants to remember?

3. Carlos begins to notice that his mind switches back and forth between mental __________ and mental fatigue as he is talking with Don Juan.

4. How many beautiful women are living at the hacienda where Don Juan decides to hide from the monstrous man?

5. What does Don Juan do in order to cause Carlos to begin to look at himself more closely and inside of himself?

(see the answer keys)

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