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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. What was Carlos' complaint regarding living life like a warrior?

2. What does a man who knows that his death is imminent have to fall back on?

3. What is incredible when one sees?

4. What does don Juan believe is the thing that is holding Carlos back from 'seeing'?

5. What does don Juan say Carlos has that are good?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is will different from seeing?

2. What was the difference between the eyes when Carlos 'sees' don Juan?

3. How did Carlos learn to travel with the water?

4. Why can't Carlos attempt to "see" again?

5. What is death to don Juan?

6. How was the promise in Carlos' childhood preventing him from getting past the guardian?

7. What fascinated Carlos Castaneda when don Juan explained sorcery?

8. Why did Carlos drop his apprenticeship?

9. What mistake did Carlos make in his first attempt to get up? How did he finally succeed?

10. How must people treat the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mescalito and allies are the main spirits consistently talked about throughout the course of this novel. What is the difference between these spirits and God? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Speculate on how Carlos' life would be if he went back to living as he used to. Is it possible for him to return to his ordinary life? Why or why not? What kinds of things might bring him back into becoming a man of knowledge? Is it possible that he would want to return to his ordinary life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

If this work was taken as a factual account of Carlos' experiences, attempt to rationalize the many ethereal things that occurred in this novel that were NOT under the influence of the psilocybin smoke. Is it possible to do so? Explain your justification.

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