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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 Carlos always find difficult after he had finished with the little smoke?
(a) Driving.
(b) Walking.
(c) Chores.
(d) Talking.

2. Why must one feel everything?
(a) If everything is felt, the world becomes insane.
(b) If everything is felt, then the world becomes nonsense.
(c) If everything is maintained, the world makes sense.
(d) If everything isn't felt, the world loses sense.

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

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

5. Who was not an apprentice of Genaro's?
(a) I don't know.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Pablito.
(d) Nestor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing Carlos saw on the mat?

2. From what two points do the fibers extend that don Juan describes?

3. What did the guardian warn Carlos not to do?

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

5. What did don Juan do at the time of his son's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the guardian stop Carlos?

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

3. Why couldn't Carlos articulate what he wanted to after his experience?

4. What was the confusion regarding allies and the smoke?

5. Why did don Genaro repeat the sitting on his head feat so frequently?

6. How can everything in life be controlled folly?

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

8. What was don Juan's task as a practitioner?

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

10. Why, according to don Juan, can a blind man not truly laugh?

(see the answer keys)

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