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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. Why does Harner say it's important that the shaman does not tell the patient's family that he already has the ordinary form of the spirit in his mouth?
(a) The physical manifestation that has infected the patient will read the family's thoughts, rendering the cure useless.
(b) The symbolic act of expelling the ordinary form is part of the ritual rather than the actual act that removes the intruder spirit.
(c) The family should not know what is happening to the patient without the patient's explicit permission.
(d) It will frighten the family, and this fear will work against the energies applied by the shaman.
2. The author shows that all religious traditions share:
(a) One common origin.
(b) A mistrust of shamans and mysticism.
(c) Mystical and symbolic similarities.
(d) Similarities in styles of worship.
3. In early experiences with the Conibo, Harner hears rushing:
(a) Water.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Trains.
(d) Wind.
4. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
(a) Shun the practice of shamanism and instead pass down stories from one generation to the next.
(b) Are the best natural healers in the world.
(c) Were the first tribes known to practice shamanism.
(d) They achieve altered states of consciousness without using hallucinogenic substances.
5. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) Its bitterness leaves his mouth dry and burns his throat.
(b) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking it.
(c) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.
(d) It is a poison that affects the liver and impairs eyesight.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
2. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?
3. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?
4. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
5. In "The Way of the Shaman," the author shows similarities between:
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