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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. The Eagle's ___________ are commands of which men are able to only sense a small portion, according to Don Juan.

2. What does La Gorda do when she becomes angry with Carlos in the course of their meeting time?

3. What does Carlos have to make for his trip to the creek near Don Genaro's home with Don Juan?

4. Who wants to travel to the answer to #13 with Don Juan and Carlos, although Don Juan forbids it?

5. The new seers are consumed by a _________ from within, vanishing as if they never existed in the first place.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to a person if the assemblage point is not returned to its original position?

2. How does Don Genaro help to spur on Carlos into a heightened state of awareness?

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

4. What is revealed about his teachers to Carlos when he is in his left side awareness?

5. What is Carlos told to do when he asks for an example of what an ancient Toltec practice might be?

6. What happens to Carlos' memories when he returns to normal awareness after being in a state of heightened awareness?

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

8. What does Don Genaro find humorous about the various side of the narrator when they are all sitting at Don Genaro's house?

9. What is the reason why Don Genaro is able to push the narrator's assemblage point in the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The apprentices are brought into the teaching in order to be made new seers, it seems. They are entrusted with lessons which will help them feel and experience life beyond their bodies in order to teach others someday.

Part 1: What do you think the purpose of the seers might also be?

Part 2: Why do you think it's important for students to become teachers as well in the future?

Part 3: Do you think that all students have an obligation to teach what they know?

Essay Topic 2

During much of the training, Don Juan tries to encourage Carlos to see and to seek out allies.

Part 1: Why do you think that allies are so important for a student to know?

Part 2: How do you think allies can help a student and teacher begin to understand more about the world?

Part 3: Do you think that everyone has allies upon which they can call?

Essay Topic 3

Don Genaro pushes the assemblage point of Carlos because the internal dialog has been stopped.

Part 1: Why do you think internal dialog can affect the way a person is able to function in the world?

Part 2: Do you find that your life is affected by the internal dialog in your mind?

Part 3: What might the world look like if no one was able to have internal dialog?

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