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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. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?
(a) Scholarly assessment.
(b) Falsehood.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Culture.

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. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
(a) Finding tsentak is an advanced shamanic practice.
(b) Harner has not gone through the necessary rituals.
(c) Harner is not an Indian.
(d) The tsentak are extremely elusive.

4. After a novice receives an answer from a guardian spirit animal, what does Harner recommend he or she do?
(a) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(b) Write down the answer as soon as possible.
(c) Test the spirit to make sure the answer is correct.
(d) Move on to the next question.

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 shamanic consciousness.
(d) Ordinary state of consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, restoring power requires restoring or acquiring what?

2. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?

3. Why do individuals need the protection of a guardian spirit?

4. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?

5. When the shaman has a question, the guardian spirit animal may answer it by:

(see the answer key)

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