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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Power Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
(a) Vision quest.
(b) Consciousness quest.
(c) Astral vision.
(d) Rock seeing.

2. Why might a shaman work in darkness?
(a) To hide from negative entities.
(b) To achieve the most profound visions.
(c) To conceal his or her expressions.
(d) To minimize interference from the sun's rays.

3. How might a shaman be distinguished from other medicine men?
(a) By the tattoo markings given him or her by a mentor.
(b) By the animal tokens they carry in a pouch.
(c) By the ability to handle poisonous substances without incurring harm.
(d) By the ability to enter altered states of consciousness at will.

4. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?
(a) Authentic first-hand experience.
(b) Claims of being a shaman.
(c) Drug addiction.
(d) Healing methods.

5. Harner asserts that shamanism has advanced in areas without technological innovations because:
(a) Technology hasn't erased these people's ability to tap into their intuition.
(b) These people are neither distracted nor electromagnetically impaired by electronic interference.
(c) Of the need by these people to find ways to deal with survival and health issues.
(d) The plant world communicates better with people when there is no technological interference.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?

2. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?

3. Which of the following is NOT a purpose for entering a shamanic state of consciousness?

4. In the exercise Harner gives the reader for dancing one's animal guardian spirit, what is the participant asked to do?

5. Among the Coastal Salish, animals that become human are called what?

(see the answer key)

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