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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. What are guardian spirits known as in Australia?
(a) Angelic assistant.
(b) Spirit of assistance.
(c) Totem angel.
(d) Assistant totem.

2. How many guardian animals does a person have in a lifetime?
(a) Two or three.
(b) Many.
(c) A different one each year.
(d) Only one.

3. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A zero-gravity orb.
(c) A water well.
(d) A spaceship.

4. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?
(a) Four sharp strikes.
(b) Prolonged string vibration.
(c) Sound of a bell.
(d) Wolf howl.

5. After the power animal in the Lowerworld alerts the shaman that it is ready to accompany him or her, what is the shaman supposed to do?
(a) Bow down humbly and respectfully request that the animal accompany him or her.
(b) Clasp the animal to the chest and, with the other hand, rattle quickly.
(c) Charge at the animal and chase it up the tunnel.
(d) Close his or her eyes and float back up the tunnel with the animal right behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?

2. The shamans among Scandinavian Laps often become what?

3. In the exercise Harner gives the reader for dancing one's animal guardian spirit, what is the participant asked to do?

4. Many traditions speak of the mythical past when animals could:

5. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?

(see the answer key)

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