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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. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?
(a) By entering a trance state and using methods of cosmic geography and nonordinary reality.
(b) By chanting songs passed down by tribal peoples and drinking fermented coffee.
(c) By drinking nettle tea and fasting for five days.
(d) By calling upon spirit guides to pull the shaman's spirit out of the body and hurl it to the heavens.

2. Why must a shaman not send power directly to the patient?
(a) The extra power can shock a weakened patient's system.
(b) It can contaminate the patient's energy.
(c) The guardian spirit animals will feel useless and disappear.
(d) It will exhaust the shaman's energy.

3. When the shaman is in an altered state, how does healing take place?
(a) By merging the collective thoughts of everyone present.
(b) By allowing ghost healers to work through the shaman.
(c) By enabling the shaman to spiritually enter the patient's body and physically fix the problem.
(d) By restoring beneficial power or removing harmful power from the patient.

4. Harner explains that some shamanic students report using caves as:
(a) Sanctuaries.
(b) Hiding places.
(c) Sensory deprivation stations.
(d) Portals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Among the Coastal Salish, animals that become human are called what?

4. Among some Plains Indians tribes, it is believed that those who don't have a guardian animal spirit lack what?

5. Myths and stories that have been passed down typically refer to:

(see the answer key)

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