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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. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?
(a) Empowering.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Harmless.
(d) Laughable.

2. A shocked power animal may do what?
(a) Grow ill and die.
(b) Shut down and refuse to communicate.
(c) Leave the person permanently.
(d) Attack its person.

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

4. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?
(a) It encapsulates knowledge of the shaman-animal metamorphosis.
(b) It condemns shamans as charlatans and evildoers.
(c) It lists every reference to shamanic rituals and practices known at the time.
(d) It warns the church to stay clear of shamans or burn in hell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?

2. Why does the author say dancing is an effective way to keep one's animal close?

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

4. When a power animal becomes human through a magical transformation, the animal becomes what for the shaman?

5. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Harner writes about the mythical past link between humans and animals.

2. What does Harner say about shamanism and synchronicity?

3. How does a shaman obtain a power song needed to retrieve a power animal?

4. What does a shaman do upon successfully retrieving a power animal for a patient?

5. In the power restoration exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 5, what typically happens when the participant goes through the tunnel and reaches the Lowerworld?

6. Why does a power animal need to be danced regularly?

7. Describe what the author says about being able to restore power to a patient from a distance.

8. What are power objects, and what are they for?

9. What is the bone game?

10. Give a brief summary of the exercise the author presents to the reader on how to dance one's animal guardian spirit.

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