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

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

3. A shaman will blow a spirit animal into a patient through:
(a) The chest or the back of the head.
(b) The nose or the mouth.
(c) The forehead.
(d) The solar plexus.

4. Why does a shaman enter a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) For clarity and balance.
(b) For a serious, specific purpose.
(c) To prove to the elders that he or she is a shaman.
(d) To practice astral travel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?

2. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?

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

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

5. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?

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