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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 compare his near-death experience with the Conibo to?
(a) The concept of reincarnation.
(b) Ancient Daoism stories.
(c) Teachings of Confucius.
(d) Descriptions in the Bible.

2. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?
(a) Vanilla beans.
(b) Ground allspice.
(c) Tobacco water.
(d) Coffee nectar.

3. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?
(a) Prolonged string vibration.
(b) Sound of a bell.
(c) Four sharp strikes.
(d) Wolf howl.

4. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?
(a) By chanting and dancing all night in front of a fire.
(b) Through secret holes dug by their ancestors.
(c) Using a giant catahua tree root system.
(d) Riding on the backs of patagonian capybaras.

5. What does Harner say that middle-class Americans report experiencing on their shamanic attempts?
(a) Temperature changes.
(b) Colors.
(c) Tunnels.
(d) Euphoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?

2. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?

3. Master shamans focus on a triumvirate which is composed of what?

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

5. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?

(see the answer key)

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