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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. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?
(a) Through secret holes dug by their ancestors.
(b) Riding on the backs of patagonian capybaras.
(c) Using a giant catahua tree root system.
(d) By chanting and dancing all night in front of a fire.

2. How do shamans use their guardian spirits?
(a) In supplication.
(b) Through trickery.
(c) In passing.
(d) Actively.

3. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Shamans.
(c) Chants.
(d) Drugs.

4. 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 calling upon spirit guides to pull the shaman's spirit out of the body and hurl it to the heavens.
(c) By entering a trance state and using methods of cosmic geography and nonordinary reality.
(d) By drinking nettle tea and fasting for five days.

5. What are guardian spirits called in Siberia?
(a) Tutelary spirits.
(b) Angelic beings.
(c) Guardian angels.
(d) Warning spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner asks aspiring shamans to refrain from:

2. What must the shaman feed his spirit helpers?

3. At the conclusion of the rock-seeing process, after the shaman turns the stones around and examines all sides, what does the shaman do?

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

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

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