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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 is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
(a) Vision quest.
(b) Rock seeing.
(c) Astral vision.
(d) Consciousness quest.

2. A shaman's quartz crystals typically are hidden from what?
(a) Tribal leaders.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Sun's rays.
(d) Spirit guides.

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

4. What does Harner recommend to a shaman student if he or she meets frightening creatures, such as fanged serpents or fish with teeth?
(a) Sing a power song and ask for protection.
(b) Show no fear and proceed with caution.
(c) Come back up the tunnel and try again later.
(d) Close your eyes, count to three, and continue forward if the creature has disappeared.

5. Harner notes that in modern technology, quartz crystals are used in what?
(a) Solar-powered panels and electric cars.
(b) Radio transmitters and computers.
(c) Children's electronic toys.
(d) Atomic reactors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A shocked power animal may do what?

4. What do anthropologists refer to as divination?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief summary of the exercise the author presents to the reader on how to dance one's animal guardian spirit.

2. Why does a power animal need to be danced regularly?

3. How can a shaman tell whether or not an individual has a guardian spirit?

4. How does a shaman obtain a power song needed to retrieve a power animal?

5. Where do "big dreams" come from, and what purpose do they serve?

6. Describe what the author says about being able to restore power to a patient from a distance.

7. Explain what the author is saying when he speaks of Coyote and Raven as groups or species.

8. What connection does a patient often have with a returned spirit animal?

9. What does a shaman do upon successfully retrieving a power animal for a patient?

10. In the power restoration exercise Harner presents for the reader, what is the participant told to avoid?

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