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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. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?
(a) Creation ex nihilo.
(b) Evolution.
(c) The Big Bang.
(d) Intelligent design.

2. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?
(a) Language.
(b) Itself.
(c) Chaos.
(d) God.

3. What is eschatology?
(a) The study of fears.
(b) The study of Supreme Beings.
(c) The study of prophecies.
(d) The study of the end of time.

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

5. What does Leeming say is consistent from one set of myths to another?
(a) Transcendent truths.
(b) Heroes and heroines.
(c) Universal human concerns.
(d) Monsters and angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

2. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?

3. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?

4. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?

5. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?

(see the answer key)

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