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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Extracting Harmful Intrusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:
(a) Blesses the patient.
(b) Blesses the animal.
(c) Tells the animal to cure the patient.
(d) Tells the patient what the animal is.

2. What element is often reported in many successful guardian spirit journeys?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Synchronicity.

3. When an advanced shaman goes down the tunnel to Lowerworld and meets a hungry insect or a fish with teeth, he or she understands that this is:
(a) A benevolent being in disguise.
(b) The power he or she must deal with.
(c) A sign to turn back immediately.
(d) The manifestation of his or her fears.

4. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?
(a) A different one each year.
(b) Two or three.
(c) Many.
(d) Only one.

5. After a shaman successfully retrieves a patient's power animal from the Lowerworld, what's the next step?
(a) Placing the animal on the patient's chest.
(b) Waiting for the animal to befriend the patient.
(c) Having the patient swallow the animal.
(d) Asking the power animal to swallow the patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?

2. Who wrote "Natural Magick" in 1562?

3. Before the shaman takes part of a plant for an intrusion extraction, what does he or she do?

4. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?

5. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

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