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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. Shamans believe that lethargic, sick adults can be made well by what?
(a) Performing the dance of restoration.
(b) Journeying back to the source of trauma.
(c) Regaining their guardian spirit.
(d) Visualizing their favorite animal.

2. What does the Jivaro shaman give to Harner to drink?
(a) Water from a mystical underground spring.
(b) The juice of the cacao plant.
(c) A substance made from the datura plant.
(d) Fermented coconut milk.

3. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
(a) Asks the oldest shaman in the world to mentor him.
(b) Enrolls in a class on shamanism at his community college.
(c) Assembles a team of seven shamans from every corner of the world.
(d) Lives among tribal people to learn their shamanic ways.

4. Most cultures believe that a shaman can have how many guardian animals at a time?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty.

5. What do various cultures report noticing the shaman give off when in a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) A highly directional beam of light, like a laser.
(b) Light in a halo effect.
(c) Rhythmic sounds.
(d) An unusually sweet aroma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Included in the reports from participants of Harner's first guided shamanic exercise are:

2. Among some Plains Indians tribes, it is believed that those who don't have a guardian animal spirit lack what?

3. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?

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

5. One person who tried Harner's step-by-step guided journey exercise reported bringing back what by accident?

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