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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Power Practices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?
(a) He calls out to spirit helpers in the rainforest.
(b) He repeats an ancient chant Jivaro teaches him.
(c) He spiritually goes to a cave underneath a waterfall.
(d) He joins Jivaro in an out-of-body ritual.

2. What is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
(a) Astral vision.
(b) Rock seeing.
(c) Consciousness quest.
(d) Vision quest.

3. While in the Lowerworld with a power animal, what does a shamanic exercise participant accomplish by shaking a rattle quickly?
(a) A deep trance state.
(b) Hypnotizing the power animal.
(c) Fending off ominous creatures.
(d) A quicker return up the tunnel.

4. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?
(a) Brightly lit opening with benevolent animals protecting the entrance.
(b) Concentric circles with crystals and humans falling through a hole.
(c) A cavern with steps leading straight down.
(d) A winding chute that's wide at the top and bottom but narrow in the middle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the state a shaman reaches, known as a type of ecstasy?

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

3. The author shows that all religious traditions share:

4. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?

5. Power practice involves the use of power objects, which almost always are:

(see the answer key)

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