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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How common is the belief in an afterlife, in Jung's estimation?
(a) It depends on the culture.
(b) Most people believe in an afterlife.
(c) Almost everyone believes in an afterlife.
(d) The belief is more common in the West.

2. How does Jung describe the arts' and science's impact on the mysteries of creation?
(a) They embody the truths of the mysteries.
(b) They are distractions.
(c) They are emergent and transformative.
(d) They are surrogates.

3. How long had Jung and his wife been married when she died?
(a) Thirty-four years.
(b) Twenty-nine years.
(c) Fifty-three years.
(d) Fifteen years.

4. Where did Jung build his house?
(a) Bollingen.
(b) Geneva.
(c) The Krater.
(d) Berne.

5. How many additions did Jung make to his house?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

6. What does Jung say about Christ's life and Christianity?
(a) He says that Christianity has not proceeded from Christ's teachings.
(b) He says that Christianity has allowed too many other ideas to enter in, and Christ's teachings have been dliuted.
(c) He says that the church is an illegitimate heir to Christ's teachings
(d) He says that the church has corrupted Christ's teachings.

7. How long were the intervals between construction phases in Jung's house?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four years.

8. Where does Jung say giants come from?
(a) Literature.
(b) Fables and myths.
(c) The union of angels and mortals.
(d) The collective unconscious.

9. Whose company did Jung enjoy during his African travels?
(a) A Japanese traveler.
(b) A native guide.
(c) A Muslim guide.
(d) A European woman.

10. How did Jung describe his vision of his dead wife?
(a) As a living presence.
(b) As a holographic portrait.
(c) As a stress-induced hallucination.
(d) As her spectral emanation.

11. What crafts is alchemy close to, in its practice?
(a) Farming.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Glass blowing.
(d) Cooking.

12. What does Jung say about Christian theology?
(a) It does not simplify good and evil.
(b) It is the true path to compassion and self-knowledge.
(c) It is often disingenuous.
(d) It reduces to a dualistic moral universe.

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

14. What does Jung see in Hindu culture's ideas about an afterlife?
(a) They refuse to believe in the resurrection of the soul.
(b) They believe in eternal reoccurence.
(c) They have superstitions about rebirth.
(d) They take reincarnation for granted.

15. What does Jung lament about Europeans, as a result of his travels?
(a) Their unnatural desires.
(b) Their industrial violence.
(c) Their consolidation into masses.
(d) Their loss of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holy book inspired a set of visions after Jung recovered from his condition?

2. What was the design of the house meant to emphasize to the inhabitants?

3. What has the science of alchemy produced?

4. What did Jung realize while he was recovering from his condition?

5. What aspect of moral judgments does Jung discuss?

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