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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. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) Its bitterness leaves his mouth dry and burns his throat.
(b) It is a poison that affects the liver and impairs eyesight.
(c) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking it.
(d) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.

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

3. Does a guardian spirit have the freedom to leave or stay at will?
(a) It depends on the type of spirit.
(b) Only at night.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

4. By taking beings such as spiders, snakes, and bees into his or her own body, how does the shaman help a patient?
(a) Removing the source of the patient's nightmares.
(b) Retrieving ancient wisdom to pinpoint the patient's problem.
(c) Attracting evil spirits away from the patient.
(d) Turning venom, pollen, or other substances into medicine.

5. According to the author, restoring power requires restoring or acquiring what?
(a) Power animal.
(b) Power rock.
(c) Guardian water spirit.
(d) Guardian tree sprite.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?

2. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

3. The author states that the humility in shamanism lies in what?

4. A shaman will blow a spirit animal into a patient through:

5. Often, a patient already has the following with a returned power animal:

(see the answer key)

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