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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?
(a) A robin.
(b) An insect.
(c) A serpent.
(d) A whale.

2. Why does the author say dancing is an effective way to keep one's animal close?
(a) It exercises and honors the animal.
(b) Animals are attracted to movement.
(c) Animals are hypnotized by the dancing.
(d) It creates vibrant energy the animal enjoys.

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

4. On the guided power restoration journey that involves descending down a tunnel, the author cautions against encountering:
(a) Large predators with exposed teeth.
(b) Ominously voracious non-mammals.
(c) Male spirits with weapons.
(d) Weeping female spirits.

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

6. Power practice involves the use of power objects, which almost always are:
(a) Teeth and bones extracted from hunted animals.
(b) Handcrafted by the shaman's companion.
(c) Found in nature.
(d) Passed down from shaman to shaman.

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

8. 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 sing songs about guardian animal spirits.
(c) They prick an infant's left thumb.
(d) They give the infants a light hallucinogen.

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

10. For the Jivaro, where do guardian spirits reside primarily?
(a) In the chest.
(b) At the hips.
(c) Behind the eyes.
(d) In each ear.

11. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?
(a) It warns the church to stay clear of shamans or burn in hell.
(b) It encapsulates knowledge of the shaman-animal metamorphosis.
(c) It condemns shamans as charlatans and evildoers.
(d) It lists every reference to shamanic rituals and practices known at the time.

12. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Laughable.
(c) Harmless.
(d) Empowering.

13. A shaman will blow a spirit animal into a patient through:
(a) The nose or the mouth.
(b) The chest or the back of the head.
(c) The forehead.
(d) The solar plexus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"

2. Shamans typically utilize crystals as:

3. When the shaman has a question, the guardian spirit animal may answer it by:

4. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?

5. In some traditions, how is a quartz crystal recharged?

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