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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you stalk yourself, Don Juan says, you ________ yourself into a new state of awareness.
(a) Push.
(b) Jolt.
(c) Shake.
(d) Shock.

2. Controlled ________ is a difficult art to learn, according to Don Juan when he is talking to Carlos.
(a) Folly.
(b) Passion.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Anger.

3. What does Julian suggest to Don Juan as a way to defeat self-importance, though there are three different ways?
(a) Place of not pity.
(b) Gradual.
(c) Scarring.
(d) Symbolic death.

4. To what area do Don Juan and Carlos return a few days later in the story, according to the writing of Carlos?
(a) Desert.
(b) River.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Mountains.

5. Carlos feels good about his experience with divided _________ during the story, according to his writing.
(a) Reference points.
(b) Truth.
(c) Goals.
(d) Beliefs.

6. What does Don Juan find in the shed when he is told by Julian to meet him in the shed?
(a) His reflection.
(b) Talia.
(c) Two Julians.
(d) Four Tulios.

7. What is Don Juan dressed in when he is in Durango during the story he tells Carlos of his impeccability?
(a) Men's clothing.
(b) Women's clothing.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A sheet.

8. Don Juan and Carlos spend the night in the spot where Carlos remembered his experience in _____________.
(a) Iquitos.
(b) Nogales.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Guaymas.

9. What does Carlos begin to suspect is wrong with Don Juan when they are traveling together in the car?
(a) Flu.
(b) Stomach flu.
(c) Pulmonary embolism.
(d) Stroke.

10. What does Don Juan say the healer was probably able to remove from the body of the patient which is why the patient got better?
(a) Tumors.
(b) Germs.
(c) Disease.
(d) Doubt.

11. What does Don Juan say is the cause of the mental fatigue that Carlos experiences? Leftover __________ in his mind.
(a) Power.
(b) Self pity.
(c) Truth.
(d) Energy.

12. ___________ is not religious mortality, according to Don Juan, but it is the best use of one's energy level.
(a) Impeccibility.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Power.
(d) Truth.

13. What happens when Don Juan asks Carlos to take him to a store where people know him?
(a) He gives bad directions.
(b) He goes cold.
(c) He jumps out of the car.
(d) He doesn't acknowledge Carlos.

14. Don Juan tells Carlos there are ______ stages when it comes to connecting with one's intent, according to his teachings.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

15. Pure __________ only happens after the somersault of thought, according to Don Juan, but Carlos does not understand what this means.
(a) Momentum.
(b) Power.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carlos is able to close the door of __________, he will then have the energy to find the place of silent knowledge, according to Don Juan.

2. What does Carlos decide that he will buy in order to try to get back to Don Juan in order to help him after he is run off?

3. How many times does Don Juan slap Carlos when Carlos appears to be trying to help him with his movement?

4. Man __________ find themselves stuck between being average men and sorcerers, though they all know they are moving toward being sorcerers.

5. The state in which a person ceases to be a self-reflector is called the _________ state, according to Don Juan while he teaches Carlos.

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