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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. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?
(a) He calls out to spirit helpers in the rainforest.
(b) He spiritually goes to a cave underneath a waterfall.
(c) He repeats an ancient chant Jivaro teaches him.
(d) He joins Jivaro in an out-of-body ritual.

2. When the shaman is in an altered state, how does healing take place?
(a) By restoring beneficial power or removing harmful power from the patient.
(b) By allowing ghost healers to work through the shaman.
(c) By merging the collective thoughts of everyone present.
(d) By enabling the shaman to spiritually enter the patient's body and physically fix the problem.

3. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) Its bitterness leaves his mouth dry and burns his throat.
(b) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking it.
(c) It is a poison that affects the liver and impairs eyesight.
(d) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.

4. What are guardian spirits known as in Australia?
(a) Totem angel.
(b) Angelic assistant.
(c) Assistant totem.
(d) Spirit of assistance.

5. After Harner is awakened from his maikua trance, what is he given?
(a) Peaches and grubs.
(b) Warm beer and monkey meat.
(c) Pork and mango chutney.
(d) Warm oolong tea and papaya seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do reputable shamans NOT do?

2. In a drug-induced vision, Harner sees demons as:

3. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?

4. Why might a shaman work in darkness?

5. What do various cultures report noticing the shaman give off when in a shamanic state of consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does a shaman take care of his or her tsentak?

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

4. How does Harner say that a shaman can be distinguished from other medicine men?

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

6. What does a shaman do with the tsentak to help a patient?

7. What does the author say shamans feel about what they see in the non-ordinary reality or shamanic state of consciousness (SSC)?

8. What are other names the author mentions for guardian spirits, and what cultures call them by these alternate names?

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

10. What is the participant of the exercise in Chapter 2 instructed regarding the end of the journey?

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