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

2. What does Don Juan find in the shed when he is told by Julian to meet him in the shed?

3. What does Julian do to Don Juan when Don Juan agrees that he wants to learn what the spirit is?

4. The forerunner of ______ was the assemblage point called the place of concern, according to Don Juan in his teachings.

5. Where are Carlos and Don Juan heading when Carlos begins to think that something is wrong with Don Juan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Don Juan have to do in order to stay in the hacienda with the women in order to hide from the monstrous man?

5. What does Carlos insist that he is while Don Juan insists he is something else entirely?

6. What does ruthlessness require, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

7. What is the great advantage of moving the assemblage point, according to Don Juan?

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

9. Why does Carlos become upset when he and Don Juan return to Don Juan's house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The best way to stalk oneself is to die, according to the story.

Part 1: Why do you think death allows a person to best stalk themselves?

Part 2: Does this mean that a person can't fully stalk themselves until they're dead?

Part 3: How do you think one can die without actually losing their life?

Essay Topic 2

Sorcerers must act maliciously in order to shock others into connections with the spirit, according to Don Juan.

Part 1: Why do you think it's necessary to shock others into connects with the spirit?

Part 2: Do you think malice is always necessary to shock others? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the malicious actions of others might impact you?

Essay Topic 3

It's a given in the story that the world is made up of energy and that these fields of energy impact the actions of those who live in the world.

Part 1: Do you agree that the world is made up of energy fields?

Part 2: How do you think the world might change if there was no concept of energy in the world?

Part 3: Why do you think energy fields are a concept which can be understood by Carlos? Or isn't this understandable for him?

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