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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 is the indescribable force which is the source of all sentient beings, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

2. The blow from the nagual is often forgotten once the recipient returns to normal _____________.

3. When La Gorda does what she does to Carlos, what does Don Juan do in response to this action?

4. The first lesson that Don Juan wants to teach Carlos is the mastery of _____________ so that Carlos may become a seer.

5. Don Juan reminds Carlos of the time he shifted his assemblage point and became a ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Don Juan reveal about the Toltecs and how some of them lost their knowledge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mastery of awareness is the main lesson which Don Juan wants to teach Carlos in this book so that he may become a seer.

Part 1: Why do you think being aware of all that you can is important for a seer?

Part 2: Do you think there are levels of awareness which can not be easily understood?

Part 3: How do you think you might be able to enhance your own sense of awareness in the world?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The teachers seem to provoke Carlos in many instances which makes Carlos feel uncomfortable and uneasy.

Part 1: Why do you think that the teachers decide that provoking Carlos will be the most effective way of teaching him?

Part 2: Do you think you would respond well to someone taunting you and teasing you during your lessons?

Part 3: How do you think that the teasing and the taunting help to shift the awareness of Carlos?

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