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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years was don Juan away from his apprenticeship?

2. What place was it safe for the color to have appeared on the guardian?

3. An evil sorcerer would become what bird?

4. How did Saceteca stop Carlos?

5. What was don Juan's intention?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What differences does don Juan offer between his protectors and the ones created by the Catholic faith?

3. What is the difference between a stranger and a practitioner?

4. What does don Juan say about Carlos' progress?

5. What is the difference between seeing and looking?

6. How can a person who only 'sees' never really be happy or attached to anything?

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

8. Why will Carlos never believe what actually went on with don Genaro at the waterfall?

9. What did the guardian look like?

10. How can everything in life be controlled folly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times throughout this novel, Carlos feels as though he is going to die. Rationalize his motivation to continue on in his attempts to be a man of knowledge. How does his desire to understand what is happening interfere with this attempt to become a man of knowledge?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the word "sorcerer". What kinds of images does this word conjure? Would a "conjurer" be a better term for a man of knowledge? If so, explain why, if not suggest another term and a rationale behind it.

Essay Topic 3

How do you feel about men of knowledge? What kind of world is open to them? How is this a dangerous endeavor and way of life? How is this way of life a difficult path to follow? In what regards is it an almost impossible path?

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