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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 tells Carlos the story of how ________ taught him to stalk himself as a part of his training.

2. Where does Elias serve as a sorcerer who interacts with people, according to the book?

3. What does Silvio scream which causes Carlos to remember what he has learned, according to the story?

4. All of the stories that Don Juan knows much be though through and _________ in order to teach others about their meaning.

5. What did Elias have to plug in Julian in order to save his life from the issues surrounding him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the physical transformation that Belisario is taking on when he interacts with Don Juan?

2. Describe the upbringing of Julian which caused him to have troubles connecting with spirit at first.

3. What does Don Juan tell Carlos his problem is in relation to spirit?

4. What do the men tell Carlos when he asks why he is being taken prisoner, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

5. What is the purpose of the cave in which Carlos and Don Juan stay, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

6. What are the abstract cores which Don Juan begins to teach to Carlos during this section?

7. What does Spirit do when it has trouble reestablishing link with humans and their intent?

8. What were the two places in which Elias was thought to have inhabited with his gift of being able to be in two places at once?

9. What did Elias realize about the woman when she was walking away from the man, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

10. Describe the monstrous man that Don Juan saw when Belisario and his wife took him in, according to the teachings of Don Juan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Don Juan teaches Carlos through the stories he tells, rather than teaching specific lessons.

Part 1: Why do you think stories are used instead of actual lessons?

Part 2: Do you think you learn better from stories or from lessons from a teacher?

Part 3: How do you think stories are able to teach better than a lesson as you might learn from a book?

Essay Topic 2

In many of the stories of the naguals, it seems they needed to have a moment of suffering before being ready to train.

Part 1: Do you think suffering is necessary in order to ready a person for learning to be a sorcerer?

Part 2: What can suffering teach a person about themselves?

Part 3: Why do you think so many powerful people have had to go through suffering?

Essay Topic 3

One of the first goals of a nagual is to master their intent, or the mental aims of the universe.

Part 1: Why do you think intent is the first step a person needs to take when they want to be a nagual?

Part 2: Do you have intentions in your life right now? What might they be?

Part 3: How do you think one's actions change when a person has an intent vs. when they don't have an intent?

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