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

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

3. What does the author encounter when he drinks maikua?
(a) Winged benevolent beings.
(b) Dangerous creatures.
(c) A frightening emptiness.
(d) Beloved pets he knew as a child.

4. In early experiences with the Conibo, Harner hears rushing:
(a) Cattle.
(b) Water.
(c) Wind.
(d) Trains.

5. The author shows that all religious traditions share:
(a) One common origin.
(b) Similarities in styles of worship.
(c) Mystical and symbolic similarities.
(d) A mistrust of shamans and mysticism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?

3. In "The Way of the Shaman," the author shows similarities between:

4. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?

5. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?

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