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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?
(a) Dream states.
(b) Pre-adolescent years.
(c) Shamanic states of consciousness.
(d) Ordinary reality.

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

3. How does a guardian spirit animal encountered in Lowerworld often communicate with the shaman?
(a) Through the spirit of a deceased loved one of the shaman.
(b) Through a language spoken only in Lowerworld.
(c) By moving its body in an unusual way.
(d) By singing a song.

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

5. 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 smile.
(c) The animal will begin walking up the tunnel.
(d) The animal will give off a faint glow.

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

7. Shamans typically utilize crystals as:
(a) Transmitters of energy for health.
(b) Doorways into the future.
(c) Objects that pull out negative energy.
(d) Harnessers of the sun's energy.

8. After the power animal in the Lowerworld alerts the shaman that it is ready to accompany him or her, what is the shaman supposed to do?
(a) Bow down humbly and respectfully request that the animal accompany him or her.
(b) Close his or her eyes and float back up the tunnel with the animal right behind.
(c) Clasp the animal to the chest and, with the other hand, rattle quickly.
(d) Charge at the animal and chase it up the tunnel.

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

10. According to Jivaro tradition, a shaman must seek out a guardian spirit how often?
(a) During a full moon.
(b) At least every two weeks.
(c) No more than once a month.
(d) On an empty stomach.

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

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

13. Why must a shaman not send power directly to the patient?
(a) It can contaminate the patient's energy.
(b) The extra power can shock a weakened patient's system.
(c) The guardian spirit animals will feel useless and disappear.
(d) It will exhaust the shaman's energy.

14. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Laughable.
(c) Empowering.
(d) Harmless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In order for a shaman to restore power to someone from a distance, what does the author say is required?

2. What do anthropologists refer to as divination?

3. How does the 1562 book, "Natural Magick," make reference to shamans?

4. What does Harner recommend to a shaman student if he or she meets frightening creatures, such as fanged serpents or fish with teeth?

5. In Harner's power restoration exercise for apprentice shamans, he instructs the participant to use the drumbeat as what?

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