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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. During their "dreamtime," Australian Aruntas often become what?
(a) Eagle hawks.
(b) Platypus.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Dolphin whales.

3. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:
(a) Blesses the animal.
(b) Blesses the patient.
(c) Tells the animal to cure the patient.
(d) Tells the patient what the animal is.

4. What happens in the state a shaman reaches, known as a type of ecstasy?
(a) The shaman taps into perfect bliss.
(b) A higher entity takes over and controls the shaman's body.
(c) The soul leaves the body, either ascending or descending.
(d) The shaman's spirit goes on a type of auto-pilot mode.

5. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?
(a) Prolonged string vibration.
(b) Wolf howl.
(c) Sound of a bell.
(d) Four sharp strikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a drug-induced vision, Harner sees demons as:

2. In rock-seeing, a shaman takes two rocks, sits with them, poses a question, and then examines the stones for what?

3. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"

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

5. During the exercise for restoring power presented to the reader, what happens when the participant emerges from the tunnel into Lowerworld?

(see the answer key)

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