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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A shaman can be open to attacks when what is not present?
(a) Incense.
(b) Animal totem.
(c) Guardian spirit.
(d) Human companion.

2. Why do the Jivaro and other shamanic tribes believe in waking up a person gently?
(a) So that the person's power animal has the chance to return.
(b) So that the person can remember his or her lucid dreams.
(c) To preserve the guardian spirit visions he or she received while sleeping.
(d) To avoid scaring the person to death.

3. In some traditions, how is a quartz crystal recharged?
(a) Cleansing in the ocean or a spring, then left out in the sun on the solstice.
(b) Asking a power animal to dance with it in Lowerworld.
(c) Leaving it out in an intense thunderstorm.
(d) Through a three-day ceremony of incense burning and constant chanting.

4. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?
(a) Concentric circles with crystals and humans falling through a hole.
(b) Brightly lit opening with benevolent animals protecting the entrance.
(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. What do negative big dreams carry, according to the author?
(a) Important messages.
(b) Excessive burdens.
(c) Bad karma.
(d) Irrelevant information.

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

7. After a novice receives an answer from a guardian spirit animal, what does Harner recommend he or she do?
(a) Test the spirit to make sure the answer is correct.
(b) Spend fifteen minutes meditating on the answer's meaning.
(c) Write down the answer as soon as possible.
(d) Move on to the next question.

8. Among some Plains Indians tribes, it is believed that those who don't have a guardian animal spirit lack what?
(a) Strength and physical agility.
(b) Courage and compassion.
(c) Power and life success.
(d) Integrity and character.

9. Harner repeatedly emphasizes that not all shamanic experiences involve drugs and instead rely on what?
(a) Storytelling, praying, and daydreaming.
(b) Meditating, fasting, running, and self-deprivation.
(c) Drumming, chanting, singing, and symbolism.
(d) Jumping, eating, and dreaming.

10. Does a guardian spirit have the freedom to leave or stay at will?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) It depends on the type of spirit.
(d) Only at night.

11. In the Jivaro tradition, the identity of a power animal is what?
(a) Told to the patient's parents and siblings.
(b) Revealed freely to everyone.
(c) Strictly hidden from others.
(d) Shared with the patient's spouse and children.

12. An especially powerful type of power object is the quartz crystal, which a shaman often associates with:
(a) Waterfalls, streams, and caverns.
(b) Light, the sky, and celestial bodies.
(c) Lightning, storms, and electricity.
(d) The earth's magnetic field.

13. While in the Lowerworld on a journey to restore power, how will the shaman know if a power animal is ready to accompany the seeker?
(a) The animal will give signs that it is ready.
(b) The animal will begin walking up the tunnel.
(c) The animal will smile.
(d) The animal will give off a faint glow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In stories of Coyote or Raven, for example, the shaman's connection with the guardian spirit is with what?

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

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

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

5. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:

(see the answer keys)

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