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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. What position does Harner recommend for a beginning shaman learning power restoration techniques?
(a) Standing up.
(b) Kneeling.
(c) Lying down.
(d) Sitting down.

2. Which of the following do reputable shamans NOT do?
(a) Make deals with evil spirits.
(b) Cross realities at will.
(c) Take on patients' symptoms.
(d) Practice clairvoyance.

3. Harner states that intrusions generally occur in densely populated areas where the following harms people:
(a) Background radiation.
(b) Electromagnetic noise.
(c) Radiated hostility.
(d) Lack of civility.

4. After luring harmful spirits out of a patient, the Jivaro do what?
(a) Dump the tobacco residue into a stream and chant a purification song.
(b) Walk through their tobacco fields shaking a rattle in every direction.
(c) Unroll the bundles of tobacco over a tree, far away from people.
(d) Extinguish the tobacco pipes and meditate for one hour.

5. Harner writes in Chapter 5 that power helps a person resist or dispel what?
(a) Malignant thoughts.
(b) Low energy.
(c) Disease.
(d) Curses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?

2. How does a guardian spirit animal encountered in Lowerworld often communicate with the shaman?

3. The Jivaro lure harmful spirits out with what?

4. Among the Coastal Salish, animals that become human are called what?

5. How old is shamanism estimated to be?

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