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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shamanism and States of Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is shamanism estimated to be?
(a) No one can even guess.
(b) Approximately 12,000 years old.
(c) At least 20,000 to 30,000 years old.
(d) Less than 3,000 years old.

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

4. While working, why must a shaman remain lightly connected to the material environment?
(a) Because of the shaman's physical requirements.
(b) Because of having to move between realities.
(c) To incorporate the properties of the material world into the cure.
(d) To harness the power of nature.

5. Shamans pass through what kind of planes?
(a) Earthly.
(b) Parallel.
(c) Ethereal.
(d) Cosmological.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?

2. Who does the author quote as an expert on the subject of altered states?

3. In rock-seeing, a shaman takes two rocks, sits with them, poses a question, and then examines the stones for what?

4. The author states that the humility in shamanism lies in what?

5. How might a shaman be distinguished from other medicine men?

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