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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a novice receives an answer from a guardian spirit animal, what does Harner recommend he or she do?
(a) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(b) Test the spirit to make sure the answer is correct.
(c) Write down the answer as soon as possible.
(d) Move on to the next question.

2. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?
(a) A serpent.
(b) An insect.
(c) A whale.
(d) A robin.

3. In the exercise Harner gives the reader for dancing one's animal guardian spirit, what is the participant asked to do?
(a) Drum vigorously for six minutes.
(b) Visualize the animal that is sought.
(c) Shake rattles in six directions.
(d) Wear a mask of the animal being summoned.

4. What does Harner recommend to a shaman student if he or she meets frightening creatures, such as fanged serpents or fish with teeth?
(a) Come back up the tunnel and try again later.
(b) Show no fear and proceed with caution.
(c) Close your eyes, count to three, and continue forward if the creature has disappeared.
(d) Sing a power song and ask for protection.

5. While in the Lowerworld with a power animal, what does a shamanic exercise participant accomplish by shaking a rattle quickly?
(a) Hypnotizing the power animal.
(b) Fending off ominous creatures.
(c) A quicker return up the tunnel.
(d) A deep trance state.

6. Myths and stories that have been passed down typically refer to:
(a) Animal groups possessing supernatural strength.
(b) Animal groups instead of individual animals.
(c) Individual hero animals.
(d) Individual animals instead of animal groups.

7. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?
(a) As sources of power, guardians do not harm the possessor.
(b) Guardians are bound by oath to never harm humans.
(c) The animal is merely a projection of the participant's imagination.
(d) The animal's qualities reflect the inner needs of the shaman.

8. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?
(a) A golden circle surrounding the person.
(b) A colorful aura around the head.
(c) An inverted rainbow in the chest.
(d) Sparks of pink light from the fingertips.

9. Some creation myths show with the passage of time, only shamans could:
(a) Transform into animals.
(b) Read animals' minds.
(c) Gain acceptance by the animal kingdom.
(d) Communicate with animals.

10. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"
(a) Dreams that take the shaman to Starplanet.
(b) Either recurring or extremely vivid dreams.
(c) Dreams that take place in Lowerworld.
(d) Hopes and aspirations for a better life.

11. Shamans believe that lethargic, sick adults can be made well by what?
(a) Visualizing their favorite animal.
(b) Performing the dance of restoration.
(c) Journeying back to the source of trauma.
(d) Regaining their guardian spirit.

12. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?
(a) Incense.
(b) Guardian spirit.
(c) Animal totem.
(d) Human companion.

13. Who wrote "Natural Magick" in 1562?
(a) Giovanni Battista Porta.
(b) Nicolaus Copernicus.
(c) Galileo Galilei.
(d) Hans Lippershey.

14. Frequently, a patient has bonded with his or her power animal in:
(a) A previous lifetime.
(b) The spirit world.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Early adulthood.

15. Where can a shaman go to retrieve a lost power animal?
(a) The Powerworld.
(b) The Lowerworld.
(c) The Higherworld.
(d) The Otherworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. Often, a patient already has the following with a returned power animal:

2. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?

3. A shaman's quartz crystals typically are hidden from what?

4. When the Coastal Salish wear masks and dance their spirit guardians, what does Harner call this practice?

5. In some traditions, how is a quartz crystal recharged?

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