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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?
(a) Explanation of natural phenomena.
(b) How the universe was developed.
(c) The creation of humankind.
(d) The fall from the state of perfection or grace.

2. What is an ontological reason for myth?
(a) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(b) To understand the goal of existence.
(c) To beautify existence.
(d) To understand existence.

3. What does Leeming say the Great Mother personifies?
(a) The process of being born.
(b) Grains.
(c) The planet earth.
(d) The pains of childbirth.

4. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 1800-1500 BCE.
(b) 1500-1200 BCE.
(c) 2200-2000 BCE.
(d) 3000-2200 BCE.

5. When does Leeming say the older Genesis text was likely composed?
(a) 800 BCE.
(b) 110 CE.
(c) 500 BCE.
(d) 950 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?

2. To whom does Leeming credit the adaptation of the Greek pantheon the Roman religion?

3. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

4. What does Leeming say Isis is the goddess of?

5. What evidence does Leeming cite that suggests the presence of whites in Africa?

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