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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 that ________ is kind and sweet for the sorcerer when they are talking about their lessons and lives.

2. What does Don Juan say the healer was probably able to remove from the body of the patient which is why the patient got better?

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

4. What is the animal that Carlos and Don Juan both notice as they are traveling together?

5. What does Don Juan say is the cause of the mental fatigue that Carlos experiences? Leftover __________ in his mind.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Carlos have to store his memories of the things he has learned with Don Juan?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the dissonant element that Don Juan introduces to Carlos as a part of his teaching?

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

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

Carlos is told that he is unable to learn the abstract points because he can not control his energy.

Part 1: Why do you think that Carlos is unable to control his energy in the same way that Don Juan can?

Part 2: Do you think that Carlos is able to control his energy at certain times?

Part 3: How do you think Carlos might learn to control his energy?

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