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

2. What does Don Juan do in order to cause Carlos to begin to look at himself more closely and inside of himself?

3. Don Juan lets Carlos know that ________ helps one develop a silent knowledge in their life, according to his teachings.

4. Don Juan chides them for reveling in the ____________ of moving the assemblage point when they did.

5. When Don Juan appeared to be ___________ in the store, that was when he was demonstrating the idea which is explained in #140.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What are the stalkers' classification of personalities, according to the teachings of Don Juan, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

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

7. What does Don Juan say is the best quality of death, aside from giving a person to stalk themselves?

8. What does a nagual aim to do, according to Don Juan, when he is teaching Carlos in this section?

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

10. What did Carlos see when he watched the psychic healer in Mexico City, according to the story he tells Don Juan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carlos is taught about the practice of silence in this book, and becomes overwhelmed by it.

Part 1: Why is silence a lesson that Carlos needs to learn about?

Part 2: How do you think silence can help a person learn more about themselves?

Part 3: How do you think your world might change if you were able to appreciate silence more?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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