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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. A blow from a nagual will create a sent in man's ____________, displacing the glow of awareness, according to Don Juan.

2. Some seers will witness an Eagle as something which ___________ men at their death, while others will not.

3. What does Don Juan do in order to push Carlos into a heightened state of awareness in the beginning of the story?

4. Don Juan says that they are going to talk about La Gorda in order to provoke her ______________ in her reaction.

5. When the ___________ does not return to its usual position this can cause a person to begin to go crazy.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Carlos become suspicious of Don Juan and Don Genaro as they are sitting together?

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

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

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

8. Why is the unknowable draining for new seers who have come to the path of being a student?

9. What does Don Juan believe the reason for the existence of sentient beings actually is, and the narrator does not argue the point?

10. What does Don Juan want to use the mirror for in the exercise with Carlos down by the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carlos is told that sentient beings are on the earth in order to enhance their awareness.

Part 1: Why do you think this statement might be true?

Part 2: In what ways do you think this statement is false or at least partially false?

Part 3: How do you think the world would change if everyone suddenly agreed that people were on the earth only to enhance their awareness?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When Carlos encounters a number of different lessons and observations, he can become sick after taking in the knowledge.

Part 1: Why do you think that Carlos becomes ill during some of his lessons?

Part 2: Do you think that all students will become ill as a result of learning some of the lessons he is learning?

Part 3: How do you think the student should react after learning new things about the world and about themselves?

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