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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must a shaman not send power directly to the patient?
(a) It will exhaust the shaman's energy.
(b) It can contaminate the patient's energy.
(c) The guardian spirit animals will feel useless and disappear.
(d) The extra power can shock a weakened patient's system.

2. In Harner's power restoration exercise for apprentice shamans, he instructs the participant to use the drumbeat as what?
(a) The spiritual canoe.
(b) The spirit guide.
(c) The lifeline to reality.
(d) The simulated heartbeat.

3. When the shaman has a question, the guardian spirit animal may answer it by:
(a) Leading the shaman on a journey of experiences that ultimately answer that question.
(b) Tapping with its foot or fin once for no and twice for yes.
(c) Entering the shaman's mind and communicating answers telepathically.
(d) Shaking a rattle at different rates depending on the answer.

4. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"
(a) Dreams that take the shaman to Starplanet.
(b) Either recurring or extremely vivid dreams.
(c) Hopes and aspirations for a better life.
(d) Dreams that take place in Lowerworld.

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) Charge at the animal and chase it up the tunnel.
(b) Close his or her eyes and float back up the tunnel with the animal right behind.
(c) Bow down humbly and respectfully request that the animal accompany him or her.
(d) Clasp the animal to the chest and, with the other hand, rattle quickly.

6. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?
(a) The animal's qualities reflect the inner needs of the shaman.
(b) Guardians are bound by oath to never harm humans.
(c) The animal is merely a projection of the participant's imagination.
(d) As sources of power, guardians do not harm the possessor.

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

8. Most cultures believe that a shaman can have how many guardian animals at a time?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Two.

9. How do power animals reveal themselves and their special powers?
(a) By singing a coded song understandable only to shamans.
(b) By playing on the recipient's childhood fears.
(c) Either by speaking or by appearing in an abnormal way.
(d) Either by a ghostly apparition or through blinding light.

10. A shaman's quartz crystals typically are hidden from what?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Spirit guides.
(c) Sun's rays.
(d) Tribal leaders.

11. A shocked power animal may do what?
(a) Shut down and refuse to communicate.
(b) Leave the person permanently.
(c) Grow ill and die.
(d) Attack its person.

12. In the exercise Harner gives the reader for dancing one's animal guardian spirit, what is the participant asked to do?
(a) Wear a mask of the animal being summoned.
(b) Shake rattles in six directions.
(c) Visualize the animal that is sought.
(d) Drum vigorously for six minutes.

13. Why do the Jivaro and other shamanic tribes believe in waking up a person gently?
(a) So that the person can remember his or her lucid dreams.
(b) So that the person's power animal has the chance to return.
(c) To preserve the guardian spirit visions he or she received while sleeping.
(d) To avoid scaring the person to death.

14. A restless power animal may develop what?
(a) A weak connection with its person.
(b) A mean streak.
(c) A mental or physical illness.
(d) Resentment towards the shaman.

15. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?
(a) Visualize clear light.
(b) Walk into the wilderness.
(c) Attempt to heal someone.
(d) Listen to a drumbeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many traditions speak of the mythical past when animals could:

2. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?

3. According to the author, restoring power requires restoring or acquiring what?

4. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?

5. Who wrote "Natural Magick" in 1562?

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