The Way of the Shaman Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Michael Harner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Way of the Shaman Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Michael Harner
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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. Why does Harner include the examples of the Lakota Sioux and Coast Salish tribes for Westerners in particular?
(a) To illustrate the universal nature of shamanism.
(b) So that they can see that shamanism can be accessed without the use of drugs.
(c) To give them examples of shamanism that might be more familiar to them.
(d) Because more than anyone else, Westerners need to understand the nuances of shamanism.

2. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
(a) Assembles a team of seven shamans from every corner of the world.
(b) Asks the oldest shaman in the world to mentor him.
(c) Lives among tribal people to learn their shamanic ways.
(d) Enrolls in a class on shamanism at his community college.

3. In a drug-induced vision, Harner sees demons as:
(a) Reptiles.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Fish with teeth.
(d) Faceless ghosts.

4. After a journey that lasts several days in the jungle with his companions, Harner is taken where?
(a) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.
(b) To a ledge overlooking an enchanted valley.
(c) On another journey to experience higher levels of reality.
(d) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.

5. What does Harner speculate about the mandala?
(a) It may represent openings to the sky or the Lowerworld.
(b) It may guard coded instructions reserved for the most advanced shamans.
(c) It could represent the doorway to stars and entrance to spaceships.
(d) It could hold the keys to astral time travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might a shaman work in darkness?

2. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?

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

4. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?

5. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?

(see the answer key)

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