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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?
(a) The hero discovers a special power.
(b) The hero is challenged by an opponent.
(c) The hero leaves home.
(d) The hero is called into action.

2. What does Leeming say heroes like Karna and Buddha have because of their miraculous births?
(a) Adult qualities, even in their innocence.
(b) Multiple languages.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Pure hearts.

3. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?
(a) As a metaphor for history.
(b) As a metaphor for maturity.
(c) As a metaphor for birth.
(d) As a metaphor for storytelling.

4. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?
(a) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(b) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(c) Destroying an experimental form of humankind.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

5. When were the Coffin Texts made?
(a) 3000-2134 BCE.
(b) 2134-1660 BCE.
(c) 2134 BCE.
(d) 2134-1200 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Great Mother personifies?

2. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

3. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?

4. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

5. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?

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