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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Discovering the Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With the help of spirit helpers and two tsentak inside his mouth, the shaman can help the patient by:
(a) Vomiting out the intruder.
(b) Smoking out the intruder.
(c) Frightening the intruder out.
(d) Swallowing the intruder.

3. Why does Harner include the examples of the Lakota Sioux and Coast Salish tribes for Westerners in particular?
(a) To give them examples of shamanism that might be more familiar to them.
(b) Because more than anyone else, Westerners need to understand the nuances of shamanism.
(c) To illustrate the universal nature of shamanism.
(d) So that they can see that shamanism can be accessed without the use of drugs.

4. What does Harner compare his near-death experience with the Conibo to?
(a) Ancient Daoism stories.
(b) Descriptions in the Bible.
(c) Teachings of Confucius.
(d) The concept of reincarnation.

5. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) Its bitterness leaves his mouth dry and burns his throat.
(b) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.
(c) It is a poison that affects the liver and impairs eyesight.
(d) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?

2. Harner indicates that becoming a shaman involves pain, facing fears, and a willingness to:

3. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?

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

5. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?

(see the answer key)

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