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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. Apprentice shamans sometimes report to Harner that they:
(a) Morph into other forms.
(b) Panic during the experience.
(c) See loved ones who have passed on.
(d) Feel a sense of endless falling.

2. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?
(a) Their schooling.
(b) Their state of mind.
(c) Their locations or traditions.
(d) Their authenticity.

3. During the Lakota practice of rock-seeing, a shaman considers a problem while walking through what?
(a) A rocky stream.
(b) A bed of heated rocks.
(c) A field of boulders.
(d) A wild area.

4. In stories of Coyote or Raven, for example, the shaman's connection with the guardian spirit is with what?
(a) The entire species.
(b) A representative individual of the species.
(c) A mythical character that does not exist.
(d) An angelic being posing as an animal.

5. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?
(a) Foreign.
(b) Similar.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Disturbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?

2. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?

3. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?

4. Harner explains that some shamanic students report using caves as:

5. How do shamans use their guardian spirits?

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