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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Power Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
(a) Harner is not an Indian.
(b) Harner has not gone through the necessary rituals.
(c) The tsentak are extremely elusive.
(d) Finding tsentak is an advanced shamanic practice.

2. Master shamans focus on a triumvirate which is composed of what?
(a) Emotions, thoughts, and breath work.
(b) Knowledge, power, and healing.
(c) Virtues, strength, and vitality.
(d) The heart, brain, and lungs.

3. Some creation myths show with the passage of time, only shamans could:
(a) Gain acceptance by the animal kingdom.
(b) Communicate with animals.
(c) Transform into animals.
(d) Read animals' minds.

4. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?
(a) Advanced intuition.
(b) The ability to see beyond.
(c) Tree guides.
(d) Spirit helpers.

5. During their "dreamtime," Australian Aruntas often become what?
(a) Platypus.
(b) Dolphin whales.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Eagle hawks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In stories of Coyote or Raven, for example, the shaman's connection with the guardian spirit is with what?

2. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?

3. How do power animals reveal themselves and their special powers?

4. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?

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

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