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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shamanic Journey: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?
(a) Religious deities.
(b) Animals, including jaguars, monkeys, and butterflies.
(c) People once known who have passed on.
(d) Familiar plants and flowers.

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

5. Harner asks aspiring shamans to refrain from:
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Eating sweets.
(c) Using anything electronic.
(d) Exercising strenuously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a purpose for entering a shamanic state of consciousness?

2. Apprentice shamans sometimes report to Harner that they:

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

4. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?

5. Harner claims that when he shared his vision of dragon-like creatures that appeared from outer space with another shaman, that person:

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