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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Journey to Restore Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harner indicates that becoming a shaman involves pain, facing fears, and a willingness to:
(a) Leave behind all that one holds near and dear.
(b) Consume exotic foods.
(c) Confront the unknown.
(d) Cross dangerous jungles.

2. It is typical for one or more spirits to help guide the shaman through what?
(a) A time-honored ritual.
(b) A hidden or non-ordinary reality.
(c) The ninth dimension.
(d) A series of questions only the shaman hears.

3. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?
(a) Storytelling, praying, and daydreaming.
(b) Drumming, chanting, singing, and symbolism.
(c) Meditating, fasting, running, and self-deprivation.
(d) Jumping, eating, and dreaming.

4. Frequently, a patient has bonded with his or her power animal in:
(a) A previous lifetime.
(b) The spirit world.
(c) Early adulthood.
(d) Childhood.

5. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?
(a) An opening in the earth that feels acceptable.
(b) A starry sky and the patterns the stars form.
(c) A quiet, tranquil scene that includes the element of water.
(d) A favorite animal or element of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are guardian spirits called in Siberia?

2. Among the Coastal Salish, animals that become human are called what?

3. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?

4. While in the Lowerworld on a journey to restore power, how will the shaman know if a power animal is ready to accompany the seeker?

5. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?

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