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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 doing.
(b) Not understanding.
(c) Not seeing.
(d) Not knowing.

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

3. Where was the surgical procedure that Carlos witnessed, though he does not believe the healer was really doing what he seemed to be doing?
(a) Iquitos.
(b) Nogales.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. In order to stay at the hacienda, Don Juan has to __________ and he needs to avoid having a bad attitude during his time.
(a) Train with Don Matus.
(b) Work hard.
(c) Stay in one room.
(d) Sleep quietly.

5. What do Don Juan and Carlos decide to do after they have their conversation at the house?
(a) Walk around town.
(b) Make tea.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Go supply shopping.

6. Carlos begins to have a recollection of a time he and Don Juan were in ___________ in the state of Chihuahua.
(a) A cave.
(b) The river.
(c) The desert.
(d) The temple.

7. Death can be seen as a challenge to live a life of ___________ in contact with intent, according to the teachings of Don Juan.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Trust.

8. Don Juan aims to break Carlos' sense of his own personality's ___________, within the course of their training together.
(a) Rigidity.
(b) Continuity.
(c) Identity.
(d) Truth.

9. When you stalk yourself, Don Juan says, you ________ yourself into a new state of awareness.
(a) Shock.
(b) Shake.
(c) Jolt.
(d) Push.

10. Unbending ________ requires getting a third point of reference on one's action, beyond the regular two points of reference.
(a) Action.
(b) Movement.
(c) Intent.
(d) Power.

11. The knowledge of _________ signals the presence of intent, according to the teachings about silent knowledge from Don Juan.
(a) Power.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Dualism.

12. Sorcerers, according to Don Juan, only _________ when they have to, or so he tells Carlos in the story.
(a) Argue.
(b) Move.
(c) React.
(d) Die.

13. What was the diseased organ washed in after it was removed from the body of the patient in the surgical procedure?
(a) Water.
(b) Oil.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Mint water.

14. Who is Don Juan waiting for when he is at the hacienda with the women, though the man does not return?
(a) Belisario.
(b) Silverado.
(c) Don Matus.
(d) Carlos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What holds men back from becoming sorcerers, according to the teachings of Don Juan as Carlos relays them to the reader?

2. Don Juan lets Carlos know that ________ helps one develop a silent knowledge in their life, according to his teachings.

3. What is the best way to stalk oneself, according to the teachings of Don Juan to Carlos?

4. Don Juan was only able to puncture the rationality of Carlos when he took him to a place of ____________, according to his reasoning.

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

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