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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 would have happened to Castaneda had he moved from his beneficial spot on the porch?

2. Castaneda must remember the order in which he stacks the _____ as this will have to be repeated going forward.

3. Only by ___________ can Castaneda appreciate smoke's importance as an ally to him.

4. What can Castaneda do in order to fight the person who took away his soul?

5. What does Matus mix with the plant parts, just as his benefactor had him do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matus urge Castaneda to do before smoking again?

2. What convinces Matus that the weed likes Castaneda?

3. What does Castaneda recall after already spending 90 minutes looking for lizards?

4. Why does Matus believe the Devil's Weed must like Castaneda very much?

5. Describe how Castaneda feels after smoking the mixture in Matus' pipe.

6. What does Matus have to say about the smoke mixture that Castaneda is preparing on his own now?

7. Why must Castaneda blink many times during his recollection of being a crow?

8. Why must the mixture previously collected and entrusted to Castaneda be used as soon as possible?

9. What does Matus diagnose as Castaneda continues to feel shallow states of non-ordinary reality?

10. Why does Matus laugh at Castaneda as he tries to meet with his ally again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A skeptic might have troubles believing the events which take place in this book, according to Castaneda's notes.

Part 1: Describe one peyote experience of Castaneda's.

Part 2: Do you think these events Castaneda documented actually happened? Why or why not?

Part 3: In what ways do you think Castaneda could have made his descriptions more convincing? Or is what he wrote enough?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of the 'man of knowledge' is one that Matus and Castaneda often repeat during this book's pages.

Part 1: Who or what is the 'man of knowledge?'

Part 2: Why is this 'man of knowledge' so important in the book?

Part 3: Is Castaneda striving to become a man of knowledge? Why or why not? Is Matus already a man of knowledge? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There is a lot of ritual and ceremony in this book, often to encourage the spirits of the plants to work with Castaneda or with Matus.

Part 1: Define the idea of ritual and of ceremony as it is seen in this book.

Part 2: Why is it important that the men attach a ritual or a ceremony to the work they do?

Part 3: What might happen without the addition of ritual or of ceremony? Does it not matter if these aspects are included or not?

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