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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Discovering the Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A water well.
(b) A zero-gravity orb.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A spaceship.

2. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?
(a) People once known who have passed on.
(b) Familiar plants and flowers.
(c) Animals, including jaguars, monkeys, and butterflies.
(d) Religious deities.

3. After a journey that lasts several days in the jungle with his companions, Harner is taken where?
(a) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.
(b) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.
(c) To a ledge overlooking an enchanted valley.
(d) On another journey to experience higher levels of reality.

4. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
(a) Asks the oldest shaman in the world to mentor him.
(b) Enrolls in a class on shamanism at his community college.
(c) Lives among tribal people to learn their shamanic ways.
(d) Assembles a team of seven shamans from every corner of the world.

5. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Chants.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Shamans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner indicates that becoming a shaman involves pain, facing fears, and a willingness to:

2. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?

3. What is a shaman able to do to restore health in a person with the assistance of appropriate spirit helpers?

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

5. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

(see the answer key)

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