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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shamanic Journey: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author encounter when he drinks maikua?
(a) Beloved pets he knew as a child.
(b) Dangerous creatures.
(c) A frightening emptiness.
(d) Winged benevolent beings.

2. In his guided, step-by-step instructions for a first journey, Harner instructs the aspiring shaman to eat:
(a) Nothing.
(b) Only seeds and fruit.
(c) Lightly.
(d) Chicken.

3. It is typical for one or more spirits to help guide the shaman through what?
(a) The ninth dimension.
(b) A hidden or non-ordinary reality.
(c) A series of questions only the shaman hears.
(d) A time-honored ritual.

4. What are the tsentak?
(a) Spirits who bridge the seen and the unseen.
(b) Mischievous tree sprites.
(c) Helpers who cause or cure illness.
(d) Guides who intervene in emergencies.

5. How does the author describe his world during a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) "New, and yet familiarly ancient universe."
(b) "Simultaneously familiar, unfamiliar, and complete."
(c) "Marvelous, infinite, otherworldly."
(d) "Mildly disturbing, and an incredible trip."

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

2. The author shows that all religious traditions share:

3. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?

4. What do various cultures report noticing the shaman give off when in a shamanic state of consciousness?

5. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

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