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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Extracting Harmful Intrusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harner asserts that shamanism has advanced in areas without technological innovations because:
(a) Technology hasn't erased these people's ability to tap into their intuition.
(b) These people are neither distracted nor electromagnetically impaired by electronic interference.
(c) Of the need by these people to find ways to deal with survival and health issues.
(d) The plant world communicates better with people when there is no technological interference.

2. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Empowering.
(d) Laughable.

3. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?
(a) A colorful aura around the head.
(b) A golden circle surrounding the person.
(c) An inverted rainbow in the chest.
(d) Sparks of pink light from the fingertips.

4. Many traditions speak of the mythical past when animals could:
(a) Transform into other beings.
(b) Travel between worlds.
(c) Talk to people.
(d) Walk upright.

5. What does Harner recommend that the aspiring shaman listen to?
(a) Drumming.
(b) Birds singing.
(c) Flowing water.
(d) Chanting.

Short Answer Questions

1. A shaman immediately expels an intruder into a basket of:

2. Who does the author quote as an expert on the subject of altered states?

3. By taking beings such as spiders, snakes, and bees into his or her own body, how does the shaman help a patient?

4. What element is often reported in many successful guardian spirit journeys?

5. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?

(see the answer key)

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