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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Journey to Restore Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Way of the Shaman," the author shows similarities between:
(a) Real and fake shamans.
(b) Younger and older shamans.
(c) Once dominant spiritual belief systems.
(d) Various shamanic spiritual belief systems.

2. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?
(a) To attract beneficial healing spirit helpers.
(b) To guide the shaman towards acceptable portals.
(c) To keep the patient calm and relaxed.
(d) To amplify the shaman's altered state.

3. Where can a shaman go to retrieve a lost power animal?
(a) The Lowerworld.
(b) The Higherworld.
(c) The Otherworld.
(d) The Powerworld.

4. What is a shaman able to do to restore health in a person with the assistance of appropriate spirit helpers?
(a) Suck negative magical darts from a patient's body.
(b) Remove pockets of dark energy stuck inside the patient's blood vessels.
(c) Channel energy from healing realms.
(d) Increase positive messages entering the mind through the whispers of spirit helpers.

5. After a journey that lasts several days in the jungle with his companions, Harner is taken where?
(a) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.
(b) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.
(c) On another journey to experience higher levels of reality.
(d) To a ledge overlooking an enchanted valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?

2. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?

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

4. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?

5. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?

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