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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After a novice receives an answer from a guardian spirit animal, what does Harner recommend he or she do?
(a) Test the spirit to make sure the answer is correct.
(b) Move on to the next question.
(c) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(d) Write down the answer as soon as possible.

6. 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 lists every reference to shamanic rituals and practices known at the time.
(d) It condemns shamans as charlatans and evildoers.

7. When a power animal becomes human through a magical transformation, the animal becomes what for the shaman?
(a) The deliverer.
(b) The messenger.
(c) The alter ego.
(d) The truth.

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

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

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

11. Harner notes that in modern technology, quartz crystals are used in what?
(a) Radio transmitters and computers.
(b) Solar-powered panels and electric cars.
(c) Children's electronic toys.
(d) Atomic reactors.

12. The shamans among Scandinavian Laps often become what?
(a) Whales, fish, polar bears, and elk.
(b) Bears, reindeer, wolves, and fish.
(c) Moose, caribou, bears, and rabbits.
(d) Reindeer, elk, rabbits, and foxes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On the guided power restoration journey that involves descending down a tunnel, the author cautions against encountering:

4. Where can a shaman go to retrieve a lost power animal?

5. Most cultures believe that a shaman can have how many guardian animals at a time?

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