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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shamanism and States of Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While working, why must a shaman remain lightly connected to the material environment?
(a) Because of the shaman's physical requirements.
(b) Because of having to move between realities.
(c) To harness the power of nature.
(d) To incorporate the properties of the material world into the cure.

2. Included in the reports from participants of Harner's first guided shamanic exercise are:
(a) Suggestions on what to do when encountering an impenetrable obstacle.
(b) Detailed conversations with star people and other extraterrestrials.
(c) Accounts of disappearing momentarily and not being seen by others in the room.
(d) Numerous cases of people experiencing nausea and vertigo.

3. Who does the author quote as an expert on the subject of altered states?
(a) Author Carlos Castaneda.
(b) West African writer Malidoma Some.
(c) Shamanic scholar Mircea Eliade.
(d) Anthropologist Margaret Mead.

4. When the shaman is in an altered state, how does healing take place?
(a) By merging the collective thoughts of everyone present.
(b) By restoring beneficial power or removing harmful power from the patient.
(c) By enabling the shaman to spiritually enter the patient's body and physically fix the problem.
(d) By allowing ghost healers to work through the shaman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are guardian spirits called in Siberia?

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

4. Harner asserts that shamanism has advanced in areas without technological innovations because:

5. What does the Jivaro shaman give to Harner to drink?

(see the answer key)

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