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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. Don Juan shares that new seers are not caught by ___________ but choose the date of their departure.
(a) Death.
(b) Family.
(c) Work.
(d) Time.

2. ___________ are incapable of harming men but they are capable of scaring them to death, according to Don Juan.
(a) Allies.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Dreams.

3. It is the ____________ point which will select the proper emanations for alignment with the being.
(a) Assemblage.
(b) Truth.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Stalker.

4. When La Gorda does what she does to Carlos, what does Don Juan do in response to this action?
(a) Slaps her back.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Yells at her.
(d) Walks away, laughing.

5. Men perceive a a world of ___________ which in reality are a universe of a different kind, according to the lessons of Don Juan
(a) Objects.
(b) Truths.
(c) Stationary ideas.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos feels as though he is _____________ when he is held by force by the gaze of the other in the mirror.

2. Carlos sees a ___________ and wants to run, but Don Juan and Don Genaro stop him before he can do so.

3. How many mentors does Don Genaro have back at his house when Carlos and Don Juan join them there?

4. In order for Carlos to learn in the __________ side, he must learn how to enter a state of perpetual clarity or heightened awareness.

5. How does Don Juan gain the help of the woman of the house where he works with his petty tyrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Don Juan and Don Genaro debate when they see that Carlos seems melancholic?

2. What is the explanation for the fatigue which Carlos is feeling after his experience with Don Genaro and Don Juan?

3. How might one describe the idea of the nagual's blow, according to the teachings of Don Juan in the story?

4. Why doesn't Don Genaro care about the explanations of things which are being taught to Carlos?

5. What were the two means of transportation into the realm of inorganic life which Don Juan says the Toltecs used?

6. Why does La Gorda want to go into town with Don Juan and Carlos when the decide to do so?

7. Don Juan explains that there are two sides of awareness in the world. What are the two sides of awareness?

8. Why does Don Juan believe that it is useless to single out the oppression of the Yaqui tribe?

9. What are the two types of seers which Don Juan describes to Carlos in their teachings together?

10. Don Juan tells Carlos that men perceive a world of objects, but what is the reality of this perception in relation to emanation?

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