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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jung say he believes about life after death?
(a) He is certain it's possible.
(b) He has seen too many things to rule it out.
(c) He is opposed to the idea.
(d) He believes it can happen sometimes.

2. When was Jung recovering from the death of his wife; a time during which he added on a tower to his house?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1940s.

3. What did the primitive people of North America get Jung to see about white people?
(a) Their faith in abstractions like money and God.
(b) Their predatory nature.
(c) Their scientific minds.
(d) Their violence.

4. What does the Kabalistic concept of Tiphareth correspond to?
(a) The union of opposite qualities.
(b) All ten sephiroth.
(c) The earth; the feet.
(d) The realm of beauty and love; the heart.

5. What does Jung say about the mysteries of creation?
(a) They are always on display.
(b) They are often shrouded in darkness.
(c) They can usually only be understood as puzzles.
(d) They are only visible to initiates.

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

7. What state was Jung's father in when Jung was integrating his fantasies with his interest in alchemy?
(a) Insane.
(b) Healthy old age.
(c) Senile.
(d) Crippled.

8. When was the Kabala devised?
(a) In the Renaissance.
(b) In ancient times.
(c) In the middle ages.
(d) In Jung's time.

9. What holy book inspired a set of visions after Jung recovered from his condition?
(a) The Koran.
(b) The Apocrypha.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Kabala.

10. What additional quality did Jung notice about whites after spending time with the primitive people of North America?
(a) Their rationality.
(b) Their untrustworthiness.
(c) Their irrationality.
(d) Their destructiveness.

11. What does Jung say about ghosts?
(a) They are convincing evidence of an afterlife.
(b) They are not evidence of an afterlife.
(c) They are evidence of the desire for immortality.
(d) They are projections of unconscious longings.

12. 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 surrogates.
(c) They are emergent and transformative.
(d) They are distractions.

13. How does Jung say science can evaluate the idea of life after death?
(a) He says there is no good way.
(b) He says that data from resuscitated people is reliable enough to paint a good picture.
(c) He says it will rely on developments in quantum physics.
(d) He says that experiments are being developed.

14. What does Jung say scientists have to confront?
(a) The stigma of being evil.
(b) The misapplication of their theories.
(c) The excessive adulation of the masses.
(d) The distortion of their ideas in the marketplace.

15. What aspect of moral judgments does Jung discuss?
(a) Their psychological effects.
(b) Their intuitive truthfulness.
(c) Their origins in the unconscious.
(d) Their superstitious qualities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this central symbol of alchemy contain?

2. What has the science of alchemy produced?

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

4. What is the "Krater"?

5. What does Jung lament about Europeans, as a result of his travels?

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