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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. When first communicating with a guardian spirit animal, what does the author recommend novices do before engaging in detailed conversations?
(a) Listen to make sure the animal is ready to talk.
(b) Ask the spirit for permission to speak.
(c) Master simple yes-no questions.
(d) Avoid eye contact so that the animal doesn't flee.

2. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?
(a) Human companion.
(b) Incense.
(c) Animal totem.
(d) Guardian spirit.

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

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

5. In stories of Coyote or Raven, for example, the shaman's connection with the guardian spirit is with what?
(a) An angelic being posing as an animal.
(b) A representative individual of the species.
(c) The entire species.
(d) A mythical character that does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?

2. What position does Harner recommend for a beginning shaman learning power restoration techniques?

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

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

5. In Harner's power restoration exercise for apprentice shamans, he instructs the participant to use the drumbeat as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the book Natural Magick written, and what is it about?

2. How do power animals first show themselves to a shaman?

3. What is the bone game?

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

5. How can a shaman tell whether or not an individual has a guardian spirit?

6. Where do "big dreams" come from, and what purpose do they serve?

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

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

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

10. In the power restoration exercise Harner presents for the reader, what is the participant told to avoid?

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