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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, On Life After Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jung's relationship with his father like at the time when Jung was integrating his fantasies with his interest in alchemy?
(a) His father was losing his superiority and yielding to Jung.
(b) His father's dominance in social and religious contexts was complete.
(c) His father fought with him for dominance in the family.
(d) His father was disgraced and discredited.

2. How did Jung feel about religious practice as a child?
(a) He found it offensive and ridiculous.
(b) He found it hollow.
(c) He found it a little too convincing.
(d) He found it painfully beautiful.

3. How did Jung's feelings about Freud change as he got to know him?
(a) Jung began to dislike him intensely.
(b) Jung found more and more to revere about him.
(c) Jung began to distrust Freud's theories.
(d) Jung was critical in addition to admiring him.

4. What does this central symbol of alchemy contain?
(a) A warning against misusing alchemy.
(b) A set of signs and symbols.
(c) An unsolved riddle.
(d) A recipe for gold.

5. What kinds of conversations were standard fare in Jung's childhood household?
(a) Discussions of theology.
(b) Discussions of political intrigue.
(c) Discussions of economics.
(d) Discussions of literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gave Jung confidence to align himself with Freud?

2. What claim did Jung make for the mind?

3. How did writing this book change Jung's life?

4. How did Jung describe his vision of his dead wife?

5. What does Jung describe of the Buddhist perspective on the afterlife?

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