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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don Juan tells Carlos that all movements of the assemblage point will require the ___________, within the context of his teachings.
(a) Spirit.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Truth.
(d) Humor.

2. What does Carlos do when he is trying to help Don Juan when he walks away from the car?
(a) Hurt him.
(b) Scream at him.
(c) Pity him.
(d) Ignore his cries of pain.

3. The knowledge of _________ signals the presence of intent, according to the teachings about silent knowledge from Don Juan.
(a) Dualism.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Power.
(d) Trickery.

4. In order to stay at the hacienda, Don Juan has to __________ and he needs to avoid having a bad attitude during his time.
(a) Work hard.
(b) Sleep quietly.
(c) Stay in one room.
(d) Train with Don Matus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Juan approach anyway, only to find the vision disappears into a mist, revealing more trickery?

2. What does the monster represent to Don Juan, according to the teachings of Julian in the story?

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

4. The third point of reference that Carlos achieved is the freedom of ________ and it is also called intent.

5. When others came to stay with Julian during Don Juan's time with him, Don Juan felt he was ____________ to these visitors.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan decide to do after he nearly drowns in the river?

2. What do the others in the restaurant recognize Don Juan as when he walks into the restaurant?

3. What does Don Juan say about the idea of impeccability, what it is and what it is not, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

4. What does Don Juan say will happen if he and Carlos are rational about the way they approach the jaguar?

5. What is the forerunner to silent knowledge in relation to the assemblage point?

6. Don Juan emphasizes that the first principle of sorcery is what, even though it is the thing that happens first?

7. What do men warriors find they are doing as they move closer to becoming a sorcerer, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

8. After studying sorcery for a while, what does Don Juan suddenly want to do one day, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

9. What does Don Juan tell Carlos about the memories that he is struggling to recall?

10. What does a sorcerer need to do in order to abandon the mirror of self-reflection, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

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