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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do anthropologists refer to as divination?
(a) Information a shaman shares immediately after emerging from the Lowerworld tunnel.
(b) The act of shaking a shamanic rattle in six directions.
(c) A patient's spontaneous healing after a shaman's visit.
(d) Consultation between a shaman and his or her animal.
2. Shamans believe that lethargic, sick adults can be made well by what?
(a) Regaining their guardian spirit.
(b) Journeying back to the source of trauma.
(c) Performing the dance of restoration.
(d) Visualizing their favorite animal.
3. An especially powerful type of power object is the quartz crystal, which a shaman often associates with:
(a) The earth's magnetic field.
(b) Waterfalls, streams, and caverns.
(c) Light, the sky, and celestial bodies.
(d) Lightning, storms, and electricity.
4. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?
(a) A golden circle surrounding the person.
(b) Sparks of pink light from the fingertips.
(c) A colorful aura around the head.
(d) An inverted rainbow in the chest.
5. During their "dreamtime," Australian Aruntas often become what?
(a) Dolphin whales.
(b) Kangaroos.
(c) Platypus.
(d) Eagle hawks.
Short Answer Questions
1. Harner notes that in modern technology, quartz crystals are used in what?
2. Why does Harner state that it doesn't matter whether the animal that has appeared is fierce or gentle?
3. Harner indicates that a tonal animal is linked to someone's fate in what?
4. Where can a shaman go to retrieve a lost power animal?
5. Frequently, a patient has bonded with his or her power animal in:
Short Essay Questions
1. When was the book Natural Magick written, and what is it about?
2. Why does a power animal need to be danced regularly?
3. Describe what the author says about being able to restore power to a patient from a distance.
4. What does a shaman do upon successfully retrieving a power animal for a patient?
5. How did Essie Parrish, a California Pomo Indian, acquire her first power song?
6. How do the Jivaro know if a person has or doesn't have a guardian animal spirit?
7. What does Harner say about shamanism and synchronicity?
8. In the power restoration exercise Harner presents for the reader, what is the participant told to avoid?
9. What is the bone game?
10. What is a vision quest?
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