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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. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?
(a) By entering a trance state and using methods of cosmic geography and nonordinary reality.
(b) By drinking nettle tea and fasting for five days.
(c) By calling upon spirit guides to pull the shaman's spirit out of the body and hurl it to the heavens.
(d) By chanting songs passed down by tribal peoples and drinking fermented coffee.

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

3. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A water well.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A zero-gravity orb.

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

5. Who does the author quote as an expert on the subject of altered states?
(a) West African writer Malidoma Some.
(b) Anthropologist Margaret Mead.
(c) Author Carlos Castaneda.
(d) Shamanic scholar Mircea Eliade.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the shaman is in an altered state, how does healing take place?

2. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

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

4. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?

5. If SSC stands for shamanic state of consciousness, what does OSC stand for?

(see the answer key)

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