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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 16 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did don Juan do at the time of his son's death?
(a) Shifted his perspective so he "saw" the death, instead of looked at it.
(b) He convinced his allies to help his son.
(c) He allowed Mescalito to teach him a lesson.
(d) He tried to heal his son.

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

3. What was the hardest thing for Castaneda to stop doing?
(a) Thinking too much.
(b) None of these.
(c) Listening to himself think.
(d) Talking to himself.

4. What was Carlos' irrational fear based on?
(a) The paranoia that the woman was hunting him.
(b) The focus on which he had to exert.
(c) The fear that he was being watched.
(d) The pressure of the need to perform.

5. What did Genaro do?
(a) Made the earth tremble.
(b) Made the sky darken.
(c) Made the water ripple.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would someone find a spirit that could be an ally?

2. What did Carlos say it was impossible to do at all times?

3. What must Carlos be before meeting an ally?

4. How did don Elias appear to act?

5. Why couldn't Lucio take peyote for a motorcycle?

(see the answer key)

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