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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. In a drug-induced vision, Harner sees demons as:
(a) Fish with teeth.
(b) Faceless ghosts.
(c) Reptiles.
(d) Beetles.

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

3. What does the Jivaro shaman give to Harner to drink?
(a) The juice of the cacao plant.
(b) Water from a mystical underground spring.
(c) A substance made from the datura plant.
(d) Fermented coconut milk.

4. After Harner is awakened from his maikua trance, what is he given?
(a) Warm oolong tea and papaya seeds.
(b) Warm beer and monkey meat.
(c) Pork and mango chutney.
(d) Peaches and grubs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?

2. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

3. 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?

4. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

5. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?

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