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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shamanic Journey: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
(a) Harner has not gone through the necessary rituals.
(b) Harner is not an Indian.
(c) The tsentak are extremely elusive.
(d) Finding tsentak is an advanced shamanic practice.

2. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
(a) Are the best natural healers in the world.
(b) Shun the practice of shamanism and instead pass down stories from one generation to the next.
(c) They achieve altered states of consciousness without using hallucinogenic substances.
(d) Were the first tribes known to practice shamanism.

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

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

5. Why does a shaman enter a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) To practice astral travel.
(b) For a serious, specific purpose.
(c) For clarity and balance.
(d) To prove to the elders that he or she is a shaman.

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. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?

3. Why does Harner include the examples of the Lakota Sioux and Coast Salish tribes for Westerners in particular?

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

5. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?

(see the answer key)

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