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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. After a novice receives an answer from a guardian spirit animal, what does Harner recommend he or she do?
(a) Write down the answer as soon as possible.
(b) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(c) Test the spirit to make sure the answer is correct.
(d) Move on to the next question.

2. Master shamans focus on a triumvirate which is composed of what?
(a) Knowledge, power, and healing.
(b) The heart, brain, and lungs.
(c) Emotions, thoughts, and breath work.
(d) Virtues, strength, and vitality.

3. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
(a) Shun the practice of shamanism and instead pass down stories from one generation to the next.
(b) Are the best natural healers in the world.
(c) Were the first tribes known to practice shamanism.
(d) They achieve altered states of consciousness without using hallucinogenic substances.

4. Why does a shaman enter a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) To practice astral travel.
(b) For a serious, specific purpose.
(c) For clarity and balance.
(d) To prove to the elders that he or she is a shaman.

5. After the power animal in the Lowerworld alerts the shaman that it is ready to accompany him or her, what is the shaman supposed to do?
(a) Clasp the animal to the chest and, with the other hand, rattle quickly.
(b) Charge at the animal and chase it up the tunnel.
(c) Close his or her eyes and float back up the tunnel with the animal right behind.
(d) Bow down humbly and respectfully request that the animal accompany him or her.

Short Answer Questions

1. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?

2. What types of plants serve as spirit helpers in extracting intrusions?

3. When extracting harmful intrusions, the shaman works in:

4. When a shaman works with plant pieces retrieved from the shamanic state of consciousness, he eats them after they morph into:

5. While in the Lowerworld on a journey to restore power, how will the shaman know if a power animal is ready to accompany the seeker?

(see the answer key)

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