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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a shaman successfully retrieves a patient's power animal from the Lowerworld, what's the next step?
(a) Having the patient swallow the animal.
(b) Asking the power animal to swallow the patient.
(c) Placing the animal on the patient's chest.
(d) Waiting for the animal to befriend the patient.

2. 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?
(a) The animal will give off a faint glow.
(b) The animal will give signs that it is ready.
(c) The animal will begin walking up the tunnel.
(d) The animal will smile.

3. Where can a shaman go to retrieve a lost power animal?
(a) The Otherworld.
(b) The Lowerworld.
(c) The Powerworld.
(d) The Higherworld.

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

5. While in the Lowerworld with a power animal, what does a shamanic exercise participant accomplish by shaking a rattle quickly?
(a) Fending off ominous creatures.
(b) A quicker return up the tunnel.
(c) A deep trance state.
(d) Hypnotizing the power animal.

6. What do the Jivaro do so that newborns can see their guardians?
(a) They sing songs about guardian animal spirits.
(b) They take the babies on a journey through the wilderness.
(c) They give the infants a light hallucinogen.
(d) They prick an infant's left thumb.

7. During the exercise for restoring power presented to the reader, what happens when the participant emerges from the tunnel into Lowerworld?
(a) A power animal will speak to the participant.
(b) A power animal will be recognized by seeing it four times.
(c) An animal guide will initiate a power dance.
(d) An animal guide will lead the way.

8. Frequently, a patient has bonded with his or her power animal in:
(a) The spirit world.
(b) A previous lifetime.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Early adulthood.

9. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
(a) Consciousness quest.
(b) Rock seeing.
(c) Vision quest.
(d) Astral vision.

10. When the Coastal Salish wear masks and dance their spirit guardians, what does Harner call this practice?
(a) Calling the Spirits.
(b) Calling the Beasts.
(c) Dancing with the Spirits.
(d) Dancing with the Beasts.

11. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?
(a) Yes, in some traditions.
(b) Only from a distance.
(c) Only women.
(d) Never.

12. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:
(a) Tells the animal to cure the patient.
(b) Blesses the patient.
(c) Tells the patient what the animal is.
(d) Blesses the animal.

13. Shamans believe that lethargic, sick adults can be made well by what?
(a) Journeying back to the source of trauma.
(b) Performing the dance of restoration.
(c) Visualizing their favorite animal.
(d) Regaining their guardian spirit.

14. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?
(a) Two or three.
(b) Only one.
(c) A different one each year.
(d) Many.

15. What do anthropologists refer to as divination?
(a) A patient's spontaneous healing after a shaman's visit.
(b) Consultation between a shaman and his or her animal.
(c) The act of shaking a shamanic rattle in six directions.
(d) Information a shaman shares immediately after emerging from the Lowerworld tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harner recommend to a shaman student if he or she meets frightening creatures, such as fanged serpents or fish with teeth?

2. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?

3. Why do the Jivaro and other shamanic tribes believe in waking up a person gently?

4. In Harner's power restoration exercise for apprentice shamans, he instructs the participant to use the drumbeat as what?

5. How do power animals reveal themselves and their special powers?

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