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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. What is NOT one of the three facets of knowledge one must have in order to be a seer?
(a) Walking.
(b) Stalking.
(c) Intent.
(d) Awareness.

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

3. Who wants to travel to the answer to #13 with Don Juan and Carlos, although Don Juan forbids it?
(a) Don Genaro.
(b) La Catalina.
(c) La Gorda.
(d) Pablito.

4. Where is Don Juan when Carlos goes to see him in Oaxaca to see him for his new set of lessons?
(a) In the middle of the square.
(b) His bench.
(c) An old truck.
(d) A church.

5. How does Don Juan gain the help of the woman of the house where he works with his petty tyrant?
(a) He constantly thanks her.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) He puts a spell on her.
(d) He sleeps with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the lesson, the shift in the assemblage point is not only ____________.

2. When La Gorda does what she does to Carlos, what does Don Juan do in response to this action?

3. Don Juan tells Carlos that the deepest learning will come during the period of ______________.

4. ____________ is weakened by the shift in his assemblage point during this lesson.

5. The narrator is upset with himself as he can not seem to remember his lessons once he comes back to normal ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to a person if the assemblage point is not returned to its original position?

4. What are the two types of seers which Don Juan describes to Carlos in their teachings together?

5. What does Don Juan want to use the mirror for in the exercise with Carlos down by the river?

6. Why does La Gorda want to go into town with Don Juan and Carlos when the decide to do so?

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

8. Don Juan explains that there are two sides of awareness in the world. What are the two sides of awareness?

9. What does Don Juan believe the reason for the existence of sentient beings actually is, and the narrator does not argue the point?

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

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