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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. According to the author, restoring power requires restoring or acquiring what?
(a) Guardian tree sprite.
(b) Guardian water spirit.
(c) Power animal.
(d) Power rock.

2. Harner writes in Chapter 5 that power helps a person resist or dispel what?
(a) Disease.
(b) Curses.
(c) Low energy.
(d) Malignant thoughts.

3. What do negative big dreams carry, according to the author?
(a) Excessive burdens.
(b) Bad karma.
(c) Irrelevant information.
(d) Important messages.

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

5. Why does the author say dancing is an effective way to keep one's animal close?
(a) Animals are hypnotized by the dancing.
(b) It exercises and honors the animal.
(c) Animals are attracted to movement.
(d) It creates vibrant energy the animal enjoys.

Short Answer Questions

1. In some traditions, how is a quartz crystal recharged?

2. Some creation myths show with the passage of time, only shamans could:

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

4. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?

5. A shaman will blow a spirit animal into a patient through:

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Harner say about shamanism and synchronicity?

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

4. Explain what the author is saying when he speaks of Coyote and Raven as groups or species.

5. What connection does a patient often have with a returned spirit animal?

6. What is the bone game?

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

8. What might a restless or shocked power animal do?

9. How do the Jivaro know if a person has or doesn't have a guardian animal spirit?

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

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