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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 does Harner recommend that the aspiring shaman listen to?
(a) Flowing water.
(b) Birds singing.
(c) Drumming.
(d) Chanting.

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

3. Why does Harner include the examples of the Lakota Sioux and Coast Salish tribes for Westerners in particular?
(a) To give them examples of shamanism that might be more familiar to them.
(b) Because more than anyone else, Westerners need to understand the nuances of shamanism.
(c) So that they can see that shamanism can be accessed without the use of drugs.
(d) To illustrate the universal nature of shamanism.

4. 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) To a ledge overlooking an enchanted valley.
(c) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.
(d) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harner speculate about the mandala?

2. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?

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

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

5. What does Harner compare his near-death experience with the Conibo to?

(see the answer key)

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