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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Power Practices.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the author say dancing is an effective way to keep one's animal close?
(a) Animals are hypnotized by the dancing.
(b) It creates vibrant energy the animal enjoys.
(c) Animals are attracted to movement.
(d) It exercises and honors the animal.

3. Which of the following is NOT a purpose for entering a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) Healing illnesses.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Retrieving power animals.
(d) Exploration.

4. In a drug-induced vision, Harner sees demons as:
(a) Faceless ghosts.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Fish with teeth.
(d) Reptiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harner say it's important that the shaman does not tell the patient's family that he already has the ordinary form of the spirit in his mouth?

2. During the exercise for restoring power presented to the reader, what happens when the participant emerges from the tunnel into Lowerworld?

3. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?

4. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?

5. In stories of Coyote or Raven, for example, the shaman's connection with the guardian spirit is with what?

(see the answer key)

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