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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Power Practices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shamans among Scandinavian Laps often become what?
(a) Moose, caribou, bears, and rabbits.
(b) Reindeer, elk, rabbits, and foxes.
(c) Bears, reindeer, wolves, and fish.
(d) Whales, fish, polar bears, and elk.

2. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?
(a) Shamanic states of consciousness.
(b) Ordinary reality.
(c) Pre-adolescent years.
(d) Dream states.

3. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?
(a) By calling upon spirit guides to pull the shaman's spirit out of the body and hurl it to the heavens.
(b) By entering a trance state and using methods of cosmic geography and nonordinary reality.
(c) By drinking nettle tea and fasting for five days.
(d) By chanting songs passed down by tribal peoples and drinking fermented coffee.

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

5. Included in the reports from participants of Harner's first guided shamanic exercise are:
(a) Suggestions on what to do when encountering an impenetrable obstacle.
(b) Accounts of disappearing momentarily and not being seen by others in the room.
(c) Numerous cases of people experiencing nausea and vertigo.
(d) Detailed conversations with star people and other extraterrestrials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might a shaman work in darkness?

2. A shaman's quartz crystals typically are hidden from what?

3. How does a shaman typically travel into the Lowerworld?

4. According to Jivaro tradition, a shaman must seek out a guardian spirit how often?

5. What happens in the state a shaman reaches, known as a type of ecstasy?

(see the answer key)

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