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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. Don Juan explains to Carlos that perception is _______ and he must cut off his internal dialogue.

2. The wife of Julian is actually a young woman who donned a disguise to hide from a monstrous __________ who imprisoned them.

3. A seer needs _____________ in his daily life in order to obtain the dreaming body, according to Don Juan's teachings.

4. Where is La Catalina waiting for the men when they arrive in the desert to work with her?

5. Who changes their form as well in order to match the form of La Catalina during the lesson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is La Catalina attracted to Carlos, which is why they need to see each other?

2. What happens when one shifts their assemblage point? What is the seer thus allowed as a result of this action?

3. What are the two types of stalkers which Don Juan describes to Carlos before he decides to leave?

4. Why is Carlos brought out into the desert with Don Juan and Don Genaro?

5. What happens after Don Juan, Don Genaro, and Carlos walk for hours together?

6. Why is the narrator unable to be sad when he and Don Juan take their final trip to Oaxaca together?

7. When Don Juan talks about perception as alignment, what does he instruct Carlos to do?

8. What did the old seers pattern themselves on, according to Don Juan?

9. What does Don Juan say that Carlos now has to do in relation to his assemblage point and the bands of emanations?

10. What are warriors supposed to do when they have any strong emotions come their way, according to the seers?

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

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

During one point of his lessons, Carlos begins to realize that humans are nothing and the spirit world is all.

Part 1: Do you agree with the idea that humans are nothing or that they are insignificant?

Part 2: Why do you think that Carlos comes to the understanding that humans are nothing?

Part 3: How do you think humans play a role in the development of the world and of its awareness of spirit?

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