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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a purpose for entering a shamanic state of consciousness?
(a) Healing illnesses.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Exploration.
(d) Retrieving power animals.

2. According to the author, who has a guardian spirit, whether recognized or not?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Curanderos.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Shamans.

3. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A water well.
(c) A zero-gravity orb.
(d) A spaceship.

4. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Shamans.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Chants.

5. What does the Jivaro shaman give to Harner to drink?
(a) A substance made from the datura plant.
(b) The juice of the cacao plant.
(c) Water from a mystical underground spring.
(d) Fermented coconut milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner's personal observation is that people develop shamanism as a tool for using the power of the human mind for what?

2. What does Harner say that middle-class Americans report experiencing on their shamanic attempts?

3. Harner asserts that shamanism has advanced in areas without technological innovations because:

4. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?

5. How does the author describe his world during a shamanic state of consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Akachu, and how does he help Harner?

2. Summarize the first shamanic journey exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 2.

3. Harner compares rock-seeing to what Western practices?

4. Explain the connection between an individual and his or her guardian spirit.

5. What are some of the similarities Harner notes in first-hand shamanic experiences reported by middle-class Americans?

6. Describe an environment that's conducive to the shaman being most effective while in a shamanic state of consciousness (SSC).

7. How and why is a shamanic state of consciousness (SSC) achieved?

8. Describe the roles of drumming and rattling in a shaman's work.

9. Describe the spirit helpers known as tsentak.

10. Harner says that apprentice shamans report similarities in how they get out of difficulties. What are some of the difficulties he mentions?

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