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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. Carlos concentrates so hard on the conversation he is having with Don Juan that he does not realize that he _________.

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

3. Who is able to shift the assemblage point of the narrator only because he stops his internal dialogue?

4. Don Juan defines a ____________ as a tormentor in the life of a person, causing them to learn a lesson as a result.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Don Juan sent to the boss' house when he is working at a sugar mill as a young man?

3. What does the assemblage point select for alignment, as taught by Don Juan in a state of heightened awareness?

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

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

6. What does Carlos learn about the seer and the Eagle's emanations right before he falls asleep?

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

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

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

10. What does La Gorda do which immediately makes her feel badly, causing her to sit and weep after the incident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Don Juan believes that Carlos is finally ready to be on his own and to become a warrior in his life and in his work.

Part 1: How would you define the idea of being a warrior? What does this mean to you?

Part 2: Do you think it's important for the world to have warriors in it?

Part 3: Why do you think that Don Juan believes that Carlos is ready to become a warrior at this time?

Essay Topic 2

The students of the teachers are taught to take on the awareness of other animals in order to strengthen themselves.

Part 1: Why is it important to understand the awareness of other creatures in the world?

Part 2: How do you think learning about the awareness of an animal might help you in your life?

Part 3: Do you think that you are able to take on the awareness of an animal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Don Juan does not want to single out the suffering of his own people since the suffering of man is constant.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important to acknowledge the suffering of all men?

Part 2: Do you think it's valuable to focus on the suffering of individual groups of people?

Part 3: How do you think the understanding of suffering might help Carlos in his training with Don Juan?

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