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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Power Practices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author tell an aspiring shaman to do upon returning from his or her first journey?
(a) Describe the journey aloud.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Drink a glass of water.
(d) Immediately stand and walk around.

2. How do power animals reveal themselves and their special powers?
(a) By singing a coded song understandable only to shamans.
(b) Either by a ghostly apparition or through blinding light.
(c) By playing on the recipient's childhood fears.
(d) Either by speaking or by appearing in an abnormal way.

3. What is the purpose of rapid drumming during the guided journey that Harner takes new students through?
(a) To keep the student from falling asleep during the exercise.
(b) To help the person connect to his or her own heartbeat.
(c) To bring the person back to ordinary reality.
(d) To move the student through stages of non-ordinary reality.

4. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?
(a) Never.
(b) Yes, in some traditions.
(c) Only from a distance.
(d) Only women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?

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

3. Which of the following does NOT help a shaman enter a shamanic state of consciousness?

4. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?

5. How does a guardian spirit animal encountered in Lowerworld often communicate with the shaman?

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