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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. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
(a) Lives among tribal people to learn their shamanic ways.
(b) Enrolls in a class on shamanism at his community college.
(c) Asks the oldest shaman in the world to mentor him.
(d) Assembles a team of seven shamans from every corner of the world.

2. In "The Way of the Shaman," the author shows similarities between:
(a) Once dominant spiritual belief systems.
(b) Various shamanic spiritual belief systems.
(c) Real and fake shamans.
(d) Younger and older shamans.

3. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?
(a) A robin.
(b) An insect.
(c) A whale.
(d) A serpent.

4. After a journey that lasts several days in the jungle with his companions, Harner is taken where?
(a) On another journey to experience higher levels of reality.
(b) To a ledge overlooking an enchanted valley.
(c) To the source of the Amazon to meet the highest shaman.
(d) Beneath a waterfall for a mystical experience.

5. One person who tried Harner's step-by-step guided journey exercise reported bringing back what by accident?
(a) A healing code.
(b) A message for a friend.
(c) A beneficial being.
(d) A monkey spirit guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Harner is awakened from his maikua trance, what is he given?

2. What happens to a power object when it no longer moves a person emotionally?

3. In the cultures Harner studies, shamans are primarily:

4. What is the purpose of rapid drumming during the guided journey that Harner takes new students through?

5. What are guardian spirits called in Siberia?

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