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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 does Don Juan continue to see even though the others in the house can not, so Julian says that he needs to stay?

2. Don Juan and Carlos spend the night in the spot where Carlos remembered his experience in _____________.

3. What does Carlos do when he is trying to help Don Juan when he walks away from the car?

4. Carlos describes to Don Juan that he feels he has lost his _________ as a person after this lesson with Don Juan.

5. When a person reaches the point of no pity, rationality and ____________ become weak, according to Don Juan's teachings to Carlos.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does a sorcerer need to do in order to abandon the mirror of self-reflection, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

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

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

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

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

The excess energy of the woman seems to be stronger than the man with whom she is having a sexual encounter.

Part 1: Why do you think the woman was the one with all of the extra energy in this scene?

Part 2: Do you think that women might be powerful sorcerers as well?

Part 3: Do you think men or women are more powerful in terms of being naguals and sorcerers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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