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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. What happens in the state a shaman reaches, known as a type of ecstasy?
(a) The shaman taps into perfect bliss.
(b) The shaman's spirit goes on a type of auto-pilot mode.
(c) A higher entity takes over and controls the shaman's body.
(d) The soul leaves the body, either ascending or descending.

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

3. 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.

4. 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) On another journey to experience higher levels of reality.
(c) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.
(d) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.

5. If SSC stands for shamanic state of consciousness, what does OSC stand for?
(a) Ordinary state of consciousness.
(b) Other-worldly shamanic consciousness.
(c) Orthogonal state of consciousness.
(d) Ordinary shamanic consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his guided, step-by-step instructions for a first journey, Harner instructs the aspiring shaman to eat:

2. What does the author tell an aspiring shaman to do upon returning from his or her first journey?

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

4. Which of the following does NOT help a shaman enter a shamanic state of consciousness?

5. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

(see the answer key)

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