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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?
(a) Shamanic states of consciousness.
(b) Ordinary reality.
(c) Pre-adolescent years.
(d) Dream states.

2. 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 cavern with steps leading straight down.
(c) Brightly lit opening with benevolent animals protecting the entrance.
(d) A winding chute that's wide at the top and bottom but narrow in the middle.

3. 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) Visualize the animal that is sought.
(c) Shake rattles in six directions.
(d) Drum vigorously for six minutes.

4. 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.

5. Who wrote "Natural Magick" in 1562?
(a) Nicolaus Copernicus.
(b) Giovanni Battista Porta.
(c) Hans Lippershey.
(d) Galileo Galilei.

6. An especially powerful type of power object is the quartz crystal, which a shaman often associates with:
(a) Waterfalls, streams, and caverns.
(b) Lightning, storms, and electricity.
(c) The earth's magnetic field.
(d) Light, the sky, and celestial bodies.

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

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

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

10. 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 deep trance state.
(c) Hypnotizing the power animal.
(d) A quicker return up the tunnel.

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

12. In order for a shaman to restore power to someone from a distance, what does the author say is required?
(a) Great expectations and focused desire.
(b) Expert skills and advanced confidence.
(c) Great concentration and expert sight.
(d) Advanced intuition and much courage.

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

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

15. What element is often reported in many successful guardian spirit journeys?
(a) Synchronicity.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Satisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shamans believe that lethargic, sick adults can be made well by what?

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

3. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?

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

5. How does a guardian spirit animal encountered in Lowerworld often communicate with the shaman?

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