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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jung say colonization affected the African medicine men?
(a) It undermined their authority to perform certain rituals.
(b) It bolstered their position as the advocates of traditional religion.
(c) It impaired their ability to dream.
(d) It expanded their healing powers with new medicine.

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

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

4. 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) 1940s.
(d) 1930s.

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

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

7. What does Jung say is at the heart of his house?
(a) The communal kitchen.
(b) The masculine fireplace.
(c) The maternal hearth.
(d) The rational study.

8. What did Jung realize while he was recovering from his condition?
(a) That his affairs were not in order, and he could not die.
(b) That his doctor was going to die.
(c) That the immortal part of him was not prepared for immortality.
(d) That he was mortal.

9. What did Jung begin to confront about his father when he was integrating his fantasies with his interest in alchemy?
(a) The origins of his illness.
(b) His father's cold and aloof nature.
(c) His father's relationship with his wife and family.
(d) The limits of his father's thinking.

10. How does Jung convey the depth and truth of his experiences in travel?
(a) By explaining what the places meant to him.
(b) By sharing images and feelings.
(c) By narrating the stories of his travels.
(d) By describing the places he saw.

11. What happened to Jung's doctor while Jung was convalescing?
(a) He lost all his money.
(b) He died.
(c) He and his wife had their first baby.
(d) He moved away.

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

13. What did Jung find noteworthy about his travels to Africa?
(a) There was more superstition than he expected.
(b) There was a strong presence of bush religion, even in the cities.
(c) Men and women keep to themselves.
(d) The people were deeply religious, mostly Christian or Muslim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jung drawn to alchemy?

2. What was Jung's experience of his condition?

3. How does Jung approach the question of an afterlife?

4. What did Jung see in one of his prominent visions when he was integrating his fantasies with his interest in alchemy?

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

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