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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. A restless power animal may develop what?

2. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?

3. In the exercise Harner gives the reader for dancing one's animal guardian spirit, what is the participant asked to do?

4. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?

5. For the Jivaro, where do guardian spirits reside primarily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a vision quest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process and procedure of extracting an intrusion and the role plants play. Why is intrusion extraction considered an advanced shamanic practice?

Essay Topic 2

Harner names humility, respect for nature, and the ability to honor an experience as three traits needed by a good shaman. Explain why each is important in shamanic practices. How do the three traits work together to help the shaman? the patient?

Essay Topic 3

Why would a Westerner with no prior experience with shamanistic practices develop an interest in them? How might he or she benefit from knowing and practicing some of these rituals? What precautions might he or she need to take?

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