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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the Coastal Salish, animals that become human are called what?
(a) The One.
(b) The Transformer.
(c) The Human.
(d) The Indian.

2. During the exercise for restoring power presented to the reader, what happens when the participant emerges from the tunnel into Lowerworld?
(a) A power animal will be recognized by seeing it four times.
(b) An animal guide will lead the way.
(c) A power animal will speak to the participant.
(d) An animal guide will initiate a power dance.

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

4. During their "dreamtime," Australian Aruntas often become what?
(a) Eagle hawks.
(b) Dolphin whales.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Platypus.

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

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

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

8. 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) Wear a mask of the animal being summoned.
(c) Drum vigorously for six minutes.
(d) Shake rattles in six directions.

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

10. Among some Plains Indians tribes, it is believed that those who don't have a guardian animal spirit lack what?
(a) Courage and compassion.
(b) Integrity and character.
(c) Strength and physical agility.
(d) Power and life success.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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) Write down the answer as soon as possible.
(c) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(d) Move on to the next question.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:

2. While in the Lowerworld with a power animal, what does a shamanic exercise participant accomplish by shaking a rattle quickly?

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

4. What do the Jivaro do so that newborns can see their guardians?

5. What element is often reported in many successful guardian spirit journeys?

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