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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did don Elias stop talking with Carlos?
(a) He didn't like what Carlos had to say.
(b) He didn't appreciate that Carlos had left Juan.
(c) He didn't want to teach Carlos.
(d) He didn't trust Carlos' motives.

2. What does don Juan say that Carlos lacks?
(a) Peace.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) One-ness with the universe.
(d) A true understanding of the world around him.

3. Why can a man not be changed?
(a) There is no reason to try, a man is what he is.
(b) All of these,
(c) There is no possibility to affect the lives of another.
(d) There is no chance of Darwinism to reign supreme.

4. What is sorcery comparable to among the Indians?
(a) Perception.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Caucasian science.
(d) Altered states of reality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why originally did Carlos go back to don Juan?

2. What does a man look like when a person can actually 'see' him?

3. What was the definition of stranger?

4. How did Carlos look different?

5. What disease couldn't the man cure with his herbs from the market place?

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