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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. Harner's personal observation is that people develop shamanism as a tool for using the power of the human mind for what?
(a) For entertainment and enlightenment.
(b) To control others.
(c) To address critical issues.
(d) For esoteric purposes.

2. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?
(a) Attempt to heal someone.
(b) Walk into the wilderness.
(c) Visualize clear light.
(d) Listen to a drumbeat.

3. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Scholarly assessment.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Falsehood.

4. Why might a shaman work in darkness?
(a) To achieve the most profound visions.
(b) To hide from negative entities.
(c) To minimize interference from the sun's rays.
(d) To conceal his or her expressions.

5. What is a shaman able to do to restore health in a person with the assistance of appropriate spirit helpers?
(a) Remove pockets of dark energy stuck inside the patient's blood vessels.
(b) Increase positive messages entering the mind through the whispers of spirit helpers.
(c) Channel energy from healing realms.
(d) Suck negative magical darts from a patient's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. A restless power animal may develop what?

2. How is a shamanic state of consciousness, or SSC, achieved?

3. What does the author tell an aspiring shaman to do upon returning from his or her first journey?

4. A shaman's quartz crystals typically are hidden from what?

5. During the Lakota practice of rock-seeing, a shaman considers a problem while walking through what?

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