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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. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?
(a) Their locations or traditions.
(b) Their authenticity.
(c) Their state of mind.
(d) Their schooling.

2. With the help of spirit helpers and two tsentak inside his mouth, the shaman can help the patient by:
(a) Swallowing the intruder.
(b) Smoking out the intruder.
(c) Vomiting out the intruder.
(d) Frightening the intruder out.

3. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?
(a) Simplistic.
(b) Similar.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Foreign.

4. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?
(a) Coffee nectar.
(b) Ground allspice.
(c) Tobacco water.
(d) Vanilla beans.

5. In "The Way of the Shaman," the author shows similarities between:
(a) Younger and older shamans.
(b) Various shamanic spiritual belief systems.
(c) Once dominant spiritual belief systems.
(d) Real and fake shamans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?

2. Harner claims that when he shared his vision of dragon-like creatures that appeared from outer space with another shaman, that person:

3. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?

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

5. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

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