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

2. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?
(a) He repeats an ancient chant Jivaro teaches him.
(b) He calls out to spirit helpers in the rainforest.
(c) He spiritually goes to a cave underneath a waterfall.
(d) He joins Jivaro in an out-of-body ritual.

3. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
(a) Vision quest.
(b) Rock seeing.
(c) Astral vision.
(d) Consciousness quest.

4. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?
(a) A robin.
(b) A serpent.
(c) An insect.
(d) A whale.

5. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?
(a) Walk into the wilderness.
(b) Listen to a drumbeat.
(c) Visualize clear light.
(d) Attempt to heal someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Jivaro do so that newborns can see their guardians?

2. In the Jivaro tradition, the identity of a power animal is what?

3. In order for a shaman to restore power to someone from a distance, what does the author say is required?

4. How do spirit helpers assist the shaman?

5. The author shows that all religious traditions share:

(see the answer key)

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