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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carlos think he is better off than the shoeshine boys?
(a) Carlos feels that knowledge cannot be acquired by their lifestyle.
(b) Carlos feels that he lives better.
(c) Carlos feels that their entire existence is taken up in the pursuit of food.
(d) Carlos feels his world is more intellectually open to him.

2. What, in Spanish, is an appellation of respect?
(a) Don.
(b) Juan.
(c) Senior.
(d) Sir.

3. What is a unit of meaning?
(a) All the single elements relating to the knowledge that don Juan was trying to teach him.
(b) All of these.
(c) A single aspect of genuine understanding.
(d) A part of a whole idea that don Juan was attempting to communicate.

4. Why originally did Carlos go back to don Juan?
(a) To reestablish his apprenticeship.
(b) None of these.
(c) To give him a copy of his book.
(d) To show him a copy of his book.

5. What are the Yoris?
(a) The tourists.
(b) The Mexicans.
(c) The capitalists.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carlos notice about the shoeshine boys' scavenging abilities?

2. Why can Carlos' view of the world not be final?

3. What is the only thing that tempers the spirit?

4. How did don Juan treat Carlos' experience at the mitote?

5. What was responsible for Carlos' vision?

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