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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. Humans are a part of the __________ with the idea that rationality that only a veneer that covers the human.

2. ___________ requires that the sorcerer banish doubt from their mind, allowing anything to become possible for the person.

3. Where does Carlos decide to take Don Juan when Carlos begins to think that something is wrong with Don Juan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carlos remember about the time that Don Juan was talking about moving the assemblage point?

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

3. What is the explanation that Don Juan offers for the surgery that Carlos saw in Mexico City?

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

5. What does Don Juan do that makes Carlos so mad at Don Juan that he loses all pity for him?

6. What signals the presence of intent, according to Don Juan during his teaching with Carlos?

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

8. How does Don Juan describe the sort of stalking which is necessary in order to find memories again?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elias is a sorcerer who is able to be in two places at the same time. This is a skill which is called 'dreaming' in the story.

Part 1: Do you think Elias was actually able to be in two places at the same time?

Part 2: How do you think a person might be able to be in two places at the same time?

Part 3: Would you like to be a person who could be in two places at the same time? What would you do with this ability?

Essay Topic 2

Carlos decides to go on another adventure with Don Juan and the other naguals in this story.

Part 1: Why do you think Carlos continues to go back to these sorcerers to learn?

Part 2: How do you think Carlos' thinking has shifted since he was a young student in anthropology?

Part 3: Do you think you would want to go to study with the people that Carlos does? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Don Juan disguises himself in order to get away from a monster in his training days.

Part 1: How do you think Don Juan was able to disguise himself?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible to disguise oneself without magic?

Part 3: Why do you think you might want to disguise yourself in your modern life?

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