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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Don Juan asks Carlos to take him to a store where people know him?

3. Don Juan tells Carlos that ________ is kind and sweet for the sorcerer when they are talking about their lessons and lives.

4. Don Juan chides them for reveling in the ____________ of moving the assemblage point when they did.

5. To what area do Don Juan and Carlos return a few days later in the story, according to the writing of Carlos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Carlos see when he watched the psychic healer in Mexico City, according to the story he tells Don Juan?

2. What does Don Juan say is the best quality of death, aside from giving a person to stalk themselves?

3. What is the dissonant element that Don Juan introduces to Carlos as a part of his teaching?

4. What does a sorcerer need to do in order to abandon the mirror of self-reflection, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

5. What does Don Juan do that makes Carlos so mad at Don Juan that he loses all pity for him?

6. What is the forerunner to silent knowledge in relation to the assemblage point?

7. What does a nagual aim to do, according to Don Juan, when he is teaching Carlos in this section?

8. What does Carlos remember about the time that Don Juan was talking about moving the assemblage point?

9. What does ruthlessness require, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

10. What are the stalkers' classification of personalities, according to the teachings of Don Juan, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning, Carlos talks about how his teacher tells him not to write down his experiences.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important to have an experience without writing about it?

Part 2: Do you think you could remember everything you learn if you weren't able to write it down?

Part 3: How do you think your experience might change if you weren't allowed to write about it?

Essay Topic 2

Julian seems to try to seek the trust of his student, but still continues to trick him.

Part 1: Why might Julian want to have the trust of Don Juan?

Part 2: What is the purpose of the constant trickery when one is trying to build trust?

Part 3: Do you trust people who are always trying to trick you?

Essay Topic 3

Carlos is told that he is unable to learn the abstract points because he can not control his energy.

Part 1: Why do you think that Carlos is unable to control his energy in the same way that Don Juan can?

Part 2: Do you think that Carlos is able to control his energy at certain times?

Part 3: How do you think Carlos might learn to control his energy?

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