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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. Carlos begins to realize that his assemblage point is allowing him to develop a new form of _______________ in his life.

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

3. Don Juan tells Carlos that ________ is kind and sweet for the sorcerer when they are talking about their lessons and lives.

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

5. Where was the surgical procedure that Carlos witnessed, though he does not believe the healer was really doing what he seemed to be doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Carlos do when he first sees that Don Juan is not feeling well?

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

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

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

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

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 is the forerunner to silent knowledge in relation to the assemblage point?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julian seems to try to seek the trust of his student, but still continues to trick him.

Part 1: Why might Julian want to have the trust of Don Juan?

Part 2: What is the purpose of the constant trickery when one is trying to build trust?

Part 3: Do you trust people who are always trying to trick you?

Essay Topic 2

The knock of the spirit forces entry into the idea of intent, according to Don Juan's teachings.

Part 1: How do you think that the spirit might knock a person?

Part 2: Why do you think it's intent which builds the edifice in which a person must enter?

Part 3: What do you think this lesson has to teach someone in the modern world?

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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