The Way of the Shaman Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 4, Power Animals)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Harner asks aspiring shamans to refrain from:
a) Eating sweets.
b) Drinking alcohol.
c) Using anything electronic.
d) Exercising strenuously.

2. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?
a) Jumping, eating, and dreaming.
b) Drumming, chanting, singing, and symbolism.
c) Meditating, fasting, running, and self-deprivation.
d) Storytelling, praying, and daydreaming.

3. A shaman might enter a shamanic state of consciousness to bring back messages for whom?
a) Non-traditional doctors in ordinary reality.
b) A patient's loved ones.
c) Doctors treating a patient.
d) A patient in ordinary reality.

4. One person who tried Harner's step-by-step guided journey exercise...
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