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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 1200 CE.
(b) 1400 CE.
(c) 2134 BCE.
(d) 1550 BCE.

2. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?
(a) The different justifications for divine kings' rule.
(b) The competing theories for creation.
(c) The different names for the god.
(d) The different explanations for consciousness.

3. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(b) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.
(c) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

4. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?
(a) Oceans where life first developed.
(b) Primeval gathering places or mounds that become fused with the sun.
(c) Caves where men are reunited with the earth.
(d) Plains where men sow seeds that unite earth and water.

5. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Germany.
(c) Egypt.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

2. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

3. What reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?

4. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

5. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?

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