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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harner speculate about the mandala?
(a) It could hold the keys to astral time travel.
(b) It may guard coded instructions reserved for the most advanced shamans.
(c) It may represent openings to the sky or the Lowerworld.
(d) It could represent the doorway to stars and entrance to spaceships.

2. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?
(a) Advanced intuition.
(b) The ability to see beyond.
(c) Spirit helpers.
(d) Tree guides.

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

4. Harner asks aspiring shamans to refrain from:
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Exercising strenuously.
(c) Eating sweets.
(d) Using anything electronic.

5. The author shows that all religious traditions share:
(a) Similarities in styles of worship.
(b) A mistrust of shamans and mysticism.
(c) One common origin.
(d) Mystical and symbolic similarities.

6. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?
(a) Coffee nectar.
(b) Ground allspice.
(c) Vanilla beans.
(d) Tobacco water.

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

8. Apprentice shamans sometimes report to Harner that they:
(a) Panic during the experience.
(b) Feel a sense of endless falling.
(c) See loved ones who have passed on.
(d) Morph into other forms.

9. What similarity does Harner point out between shamanism and science?
(a) Both are available to the serious student of reality.
(b) Both are in awe of complexity and the magnificence of nature.
(c) Both require much training and discipline.
(d) Both require a curious mind, an open heart, and a sense of adventure.

10. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?
(a) Akachu.
(b) Arechu.
(c) Machu.
(d) Pikachu.

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

12. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?
(a) To attract beneficial healing spirit helpers.
(b) To guide the shaman towards acceptable portals.
(c) To amplify the shaman's altered state.
(d) To keep the patient calm and relaxed.

13. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?
(a) Healing methods.
(b) Drug addiction.
(c) Claims of being a shaman.
(d) Authentic first-hand experience.

14. Harner claims that when he shared his vision of dragon-like creatures that appeared from outer space with another shaman, that person:
(a) Immediately recognized the creatures.
(b) Did not understand the significance of the creatures.
(c) Explained the creatures represent suppressed desires.
(d) Warned Harner to stay away from the creatures.

15. At the conclusion of the rock-seeing process, after the shaman turns the stones around and examines all sides, what does the shaman do?
(a) Thanks the stones and returns them to their proper places.
(b) Drops the stones and reads information from their resting positions.
(c) Washes the stones in a stream and blesses them.
(d) Places the stones in his or her healing pouch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through numerous examples, the author shows the commonality of experiences by shamans regardless of what?

2. What do various cultures report noticing the shaman give off when in a shamanic state of consciousness?

3. What is the purpose of rattles used during a shaman's work?

4. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?

5. What is a shaman able to do to restore health in a person with the assistance of appropriate spirit helpers?

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