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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Descent of the Spirit (The Somersault of Thought).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elias act as a hermit, according to the book's stories and descriptions?
(a) Northern Mexico.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Peru.
(d) Southern Mexico.

2. Where does Don Juan take Carlos in order to help him understand the stories which are being told to him?
(a) Church.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Cave.
(d) School.

3. ___________ occurs when intent energizes and lights up an energy field, according to the teachings of Don Juan.
(a) Seeing.
(b) Knowing.
(c) Believing.
(d) Stalking.

4. Carlos is told that his problem is that he is modern and relying on the aberrations of _____________ in his life.
(a) Reason.
(b) Truth.
(c) Possibility.
(d) Honor.

5. When a person takes this action (from #104), Don Juan says that the person will be able to break __________________.
(a) Perceptual barriers.
(b) Sentences apart.
(c) True words.
(d) Old thinking patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos only has troubles understanding the ________ when he tries to think about it, according to the stories in the book.

2. Who does Belisario say is holding them prisoner in their own home, according to the story of Don Juan?

3. When you stalk yourself, Don Juan says, you ________ yourself into a new state of awareness.

4. Elias was able to be in two different places at the same time through ___________, according to the book.

5. What is one of the ways Don Juan suggests that Carlos can begin to remember the things he wants to remember?

(see the answer key)

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