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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Power Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harner asserts that shamanism has advanced in areas without technological innovations because:
(a) Of the need by these people to find ways to deal with survival and health issues.
(b) These people are neither distracted nor electromagnetically impaired by electronic interference.
(c) The plant world communicates better with people when there is no technological interference.
(d) Technology hasn't erased these people's ability to tap into their intuition.

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

3. What are guardian spirits called in Siberia?
(a) Tutelary spirits.
(b) Warning spirits.
(c) Angelic beings.
(d) Guardian angels.

4. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?
(a) Akachu.
(b) Pikachu.
(c) Machu.
(d) Arechu.

5. If SSC stands for shamanic state of consciousness, what does OSC stand for?
(a) Other-worldly shamanic consciousness.
(b) Orthogonal state of consciousness.
(c) Ordinary state of consciousness.
(d) Ordinary shamanic consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?

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

3. Harner asks aspiring shamans to refrain from:

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

5. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?

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