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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. Shamans typically utilize crystals as:

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

3. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"

4. Before trying to retrieve a power animal, the shaman needs what?

5. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a vision quest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe what Harner refers to as the "Calling The Beasts" ritual.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An important job the shaman does is restore power to a sick individual by retrieving his or her power animal.

1. Define power in the context of shamanism. What is its importance or value?

2. How does the presence or absence of power affect the health and welfare of a person?

3. How does a power animal help an individual? What happens when the person "loses" his or her power animal?

4. How does a shaman's act of retrieving a power animal help a patient?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the journey the author takes with Akachu, the Jivaro shaman, detailed in Chapter 1. Can you tell which parts of the journey are literal and which are figurative? What clues reveal the literary portions? The figurative parts?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast a shaman's power song with ONE of the following: a school fight song, a lullaby, or a love song.

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