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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 did Mescalito allow Carlos to do?
(a) All of these.
(b) 'See' Eligio's lesson.
(c) Understand what was happening to Eligio.
(d) Interpret Eligio's lesson.

2. What was bothering Carlos in the car?
(a) All of these.
(b) The sun on the back of his neck.
(c) The heat.
(d) He was hungry.

3. How could a skilled sorcerer bring about a specialized range of perception?
(a) Through the belief in the images presented to the apprentice.
(b) Through the manipulation of social cues.
(c) Through the examination of the world around them from the eyes of the apprentice.
(d) Through the adaptation to the apprentices visions.

4. Why can Carlos' view of the world not be final?
(a) Both of these.
(b) There is only one perspective, and it is impossible to accurately assess.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) There are many interpretations of the world from different perspectives.

5. Why was Carlos' friend lonely?
(a) He believed in his beliefs and rationalism, instead of in the world around him.
(b) He died without 'seeing'.
(c) None of these.
(d) He never raised a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Carlos how to feel at a mitote?

2. What color of yellow was the sky?

3. When was Carlos closest to 'seeing'?

4. What color was the guardian originally?

5. What is wrong with Carlos, and what is the problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was don Juan's explanation for the lights behind them?

2. What was the difference that appeared when don Juan and Carlos were talking about knowledge?

3. Provide an explanation as to why a man of knowledge is vastly valued profession for Carlos.

4. What does don Juan point out in regards to Carlos' view of the shoeshine boys?

5. Why didn't Carlos 'see' the people that were around when he had left the plants?

6. What is the difference between seeing and looking?

7. What is tricky regarding allies?

8. What about Castaneda's behavior did don Genaro find amusing and why?

9. What is the difference between the first and second time Carlos smoked?

10. What is extremely impolite among the Yaquis?

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