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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shamanic Journey: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?
(a) Their schooling.
(b) Their authenticity.
(c) Their state of mind.
(d) Their locations or traditions.

2. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?
(a) Disturbing.
(b) Foreign.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Similar.

3. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A water well.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A zero-gravity orb.

4. Why does Harner say it's important that the shaman does not tell the patient's family that he already has the ordinary form of the spirit in his mouth?
(a) The symbolic act of expelling the ordinary form is part of the ritual rather than the actual act that removes the intruder spirit.
(b) The physical manifestation that has infected the patient will read the family's thoughts, rendering the cure useless.
(c) It will frighten the family, and this fear will work against the energies applied by the shaman.
(d) The family should not know what is happening to the patient without the patient's explicit permission.

5. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
(a) Shun the practice of shamanism and instead pass down stories from one generation to the next.
(b) They achieve altered states of consciousness without using hallucinogenic substances.
(c) Are the best natural healers in the world.
(d) Were the first tribes known to practice shamanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner indicates that becoming a shaman involves pain, facing fears, and a willingness to:

2. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?

3. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?

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

5. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?

(see the answer key)

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