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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A restless power animal may develop what?
(a) A mean streak.
(b) Resentment towards the shaman.
(c) A mental or physical illness.
(d) A weak connection with its person.

2. In order for a shaman to restore power to someone from a distance, what does the author say is required?
(a) Great expectations and focused desire.
(b) Great concentration and expert sight.
(c) Expert skills and advanced confidence.
(d) Advanced intuition and much courage.

3. Who wrote "Natural Magick" in 1562?
(a) Galileo Galilei.
(b) Hans Lippershey.
(c) Giovanni Battista Porta.
(d) Nicolaus Copernicus.

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

5. During their "dreamtime," Australian Aruntas often become what?
(a) Dolphin whales.
(b) Eagle hawks.
(c) Platypus.
(d) Kangaroos.

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

7. Most cultures believe that a shaman can have how many guardian animals at a time?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

8. Myths and stories that have been passed down typically refer to:
(a) Individual hero animals.
(b) Animal groups instead of individual animals.
(c) Animal groups possessing supernatural strength.
(d) Individual animals instead of animal groups.

9. How do power animals reveal themselves and their special powers?
(a) By singing a coded song understandable only to shamans.
(b) By playing on the recipient's childhood fears.
(c) Either by speaking or by appearing in an abnormal way.
(d) Either by a ghostly apparition or through blinding light.

10. Can non-shamans participate in shamanic rituals?
(a) Never.
(b) Yes, in some traditions.
(c) Only women.
(d) Only from a distance.

11. What do the Jivaro do so that newborns can see their guardians?
(a) They take the babies on a journey through the wilderness.
(b) They prick an infant's left thumb.
(c) They sing songs about guardian animal spirits.
(d) They give the infants a light hallucinogen.

12. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?
(a) An inverted rainbow in the chest.
(b) A golden circle surrounding the person.
(c) Sparks of pink light from the fingertips.
(d) A colorful aura around the head.

13. According to Harner, what are "big dreams?"
(a) Hopes and aspirations for a better life.
(b) Dreams that take place in Lowerworld.
(c) Either recurring or extremely vivid dreams.
(d) Dreams that take the shaman to Starplanet.

14. For the Jivaro, where do guardian spirits reside primarily?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In each ear.
(c) Behind the eyes.
(d) At the hips.

15. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:
(a) Blesses the animal.
(b) Blesses the patient.
(c) Tells the patient what the animal is.
(d) Tells the animal to cure the patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what form will an apprentice shaman see an animal upon entering Lowerworld during the power restoration exercise?

2. What position does Harner recommend for a beginning shaman learning power restoration techniques?

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

4. Before trying to retrieve a power animal, the shaman needs what?

5. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?

(see the answer keys)

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