2. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?
(a) Healing methods.
(b) Authentic first-hand experience.
(c) Drug addiction.
(d) Claims of being a shaman.

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

4. One person who tried Harner's step-by-step guided journey exercise reported bringing back what by accident?
(a) A beneficial being.
(b) A healing code.
(c) A message for a friend.
(d) A monkey spirit guide.

5. What does Harner recommend that the aspiring shaman listen to?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Drumming.
(c) Flowing water.
(d) Birds singing.

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

7. With the help of spirit helpers and two tsentak inside his mouth, the shaman can help the patient by:
(a) Frightening the intruder out.
(b) Smoking out the intruder.
(c) Vomiting out the intruder.
(d) Swallowing the intruder.

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

9. What does Harner compare his near-death experience with the Conibo to?
(a) Teachings of Confucius.
(b) Descriptions in the Bible.
(c) Ancient Daoism stories.
(d) The concept of reincarnation.

10. When the shaman is in an altered state, how does healing take place?
(a) By enabling the shaman to spiritually enter the patient's body and physically fix the problem.
(b) By merging the collective thoughts of everyone present.
(c) By restoring beneficial power or removing harmful power from the patient.
(d) By allowing ghost healers to work through the shaman.

11. Harner explains that some shamanic students report using caves as:
(a) Hiding places.
(b) Sensory deprivation stations.
(c) Sanctuaries.
(d) Portals.

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

13. Shamans pass through what kind of planes?
(a) Earthly.
(b) Cosmological.
(c) Parallel.
(d) Ethereal.

14. What does Harner suggest is the purpose of songs during a shamanic journey?
(a) To keep the patient calm and relaxed.
(b) To amplify the shaman's altered state.
(c) To attract beneficial healing spirit helpers.
(d) To guide the shaman towards acceptable portals.

15. During the Lakota practice of rock-seeing, a shaman considers a problem while walking through what?
(a) A bed of heated rocks.
(b) A rocky stream.
(c) A wild area.
(d) A field of boulders.