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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leeming say the Supreme Being is frequently characterized?
(a) As a thunderbolt.
(b) As the sun.
(c) As the earth.
(d) As a snake.

2. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?
(a) As warlike.
(b) As patriarchal.
(c) As matrilineal.
(d) As communal.

3. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Divine inspiration.
(b) Feminine nature.
(c) Prophetic arts.
(d) Karmic revisitation of sins.

4. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?
(a) Myths that define the order of the world.
(b) Myths that define the constellations.
(c) Myths that define the history of the earth.
(d) Myths that explain the location of different stars.

5. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?
(a) Enuma Elish.
(b) The Gaia hypothesis.
(c) Re or Atun.
(d) Gilgamesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?

2. What idea does Leeming say that icons within churches often reinforce?

3. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?

4. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?

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

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