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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. Why might a shaman work in darkness?
(a) To conceal his or her expressions.
(b) To achieve the most profound visions.
(c) To hide from negative entities.
(d) To minimize interference from the sun's rays.

2. When a power animal becomes human through a magical transformation, the animal becomes what for the shaman?
(a) The alter ego.
(b) The messenger.
(c) The deliverer.
(d) The truth.

3. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?
(a) A favorite animal or element of nature.
(b) A starry sky and the patterns the stars form.
(c) An opening in the earth that feels acceptable.
(d) A quiet, tranquil scene that includes the element of water.

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

5. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?
(a) By chanting songs passed down by tribal peoples and drinking fermented coffee.
(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 calling upon spirit guides to pull the shaman's spirit out of the body and hurl it to the heavens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most cultures believe that a shaman can have how many guardian animals at a time?

2. What does the author encounter when he drinks maikua?

3. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?

4. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?

5. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?

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