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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 aims to break Carlos' sense of his own personality's ___________, within the course of their training together.

2. Carlos feels good about his experience with divided _________ during the story, according to his writing.

3. When Don Juan appeared to be ___________ in the store, that was when he was demonstrating the idea which is explained in #140.

4. Who tells Don Juan that he needs to become an apprentice as he is on that path during the story?

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

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

3. What do men warriors find they are doing as they move closer to becoming a sorcerer, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Don Juan say will happen if he and Carlos are rational about the way they approach the jaguar?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The spirit, it is taught, sets a person free from the prison of self-reflection.

Part 1: Why is it such a bad thing to have periods of self-reflection?

Part 2: Do you think self-reflection can be instructive as much as it may be destructive?

Part 3: How do you think one can begin to define self-reflection as being helpful at times, but not helpful at other times?

Essay Topic 2

Don Juan teaches that there are four moods when it comes to stalking and they must all be mastered.

Part 1: Why do you think there are moods to stalking?

Part 2: What other moods do you think might be able to be linked to the idea of stalking?

Part 3: How do you think these moods of stalking impact the person who is doing the stalking?

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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