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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position does Harner recommend for a beginning shaman learning power restoration techniques?
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Sitting down.
(c) Lying down.
(d) Standing up.

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

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

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

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

7. Many traditions speak of the mythical past when animals could:
(a) Travel between worlds.
(b) Transform into other beings.
(c) Walk upright.
(d) Talk to people.

8. How does a guardian spirit animal encountered in Lowerworld often communicate with the shaman?
(a) Through a language spoken only in Lowerworld.
(b) By moving its body in an unusual way.
(c) Through the spirit of a deceased loved one of the shaman.
(d) By singing a song.

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

10. Shamans typically utilize crystals as:
(a) Doorways into the future.
(b) Harnessers of the sun's energy.
(c) Objects that pull out negative energy.
(d) Transmitters of energy for health.

11. In the Jivaro tradition, the identity of a power animal is what?
(a) Revealed freely to everyone.
(b) Strictly hidden from others.
(c) Told to the patient's parents and siblings.
(d) Shared with the patient's spouse and children.

12. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?
(a) Animal totem.
(b) Guardian spirit.
(c) Human companion.
(d) Incense.

13. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?
(a) Concentric circles with crystals and humans falling through a hole.
(b) A winding chute that's wide at the top and bottom but narrow in the middle.
(c) Brightly lit opening with benevolent animals protecting the entrance.
(d) A cavern with steps leading straight down.

14. In some traditions, how is a quartz crystal recharged?
(a) Cleansing in the ocean or a spring, then left out in the sun on the solstice.
(b) Through a three-day ceremony of incense burning and constant chanting.
(c) Asking a power animal to dance with it in Lowerworld.
(d) Leaving it out in an intense thunderstorm.

15. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?
(a) A golden circle surrounding the person.
(b) A colorful aura around the head.
(c) Sparks of pink light from the fingertips.
(d) An inverted rainbow in the chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a power animal becomes human through a magical transformation, the animal becomes what for the shaman?

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?

3. Power practice involves the use of power objects, which almost always are:

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

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

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