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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. Shamans pass through what kind of planes?
(a) Ethereal.
(b) Earthly.
(c) Parallel.
(d) Cosmological.

2. Harner indicates that becoming a shaman involves pain, facing fears, and a willingness to:
(a) Leave behind all that one holds near and dear.
(b) Cross dangerous jungles.
(c) Consume exotic foods.
(d) Confront the unknown.

3. How do shamans use their guardian spirits?
(a) Actively.
(b) In passing.
(c) In supplication.
(d) Through trickery.

4. Does a guardian spirit have the freedom to leave or stay at will?
(a) No.
(b) It depends on the type of spirit.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only at night.

5. At the conclusion of the rock-seeing process, after the shaman turns the stones around and examines all sides, what does the shaman do?
(a) Washes the stones in a stream and blesses them.
(b) Places the stones in his or her healing pouch.
(c) Thanks the stones and returns them to their proper places.
(d) Drops the stones and reads information from their resting positions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do spirit helpers assist the shaman?

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

3. How might a shaman be distinguished from other medicine men?

4. What is the purpose of rapid drumming during the guided journey that Harner takes new students through?

5. How does the author describe his world during a shamanic state of consciousness?

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