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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. What does Leeming say dominates all myths?
(a) The concept of God and Goddess.
(b) The concept of justice in the universe.
(c) The concept of redemption.
(d) The concept of creation from nothing.

2. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically allegorical.
(b) That they are typically linear narratives.
(c) That they are typically female.
(d) That they are typically moral.

3. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?
(a) Scientific truths.
(b) Cultural truths.
(c) Historical realities.
(d) Future predictions.

4. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

5. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?
(a) That the world's spirit pervades all forms.
(b) That culture survives the deaths of its members.
(c) That death is ubiquitous in life.
(d) That the Great Mother makes all life possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?

2. How does Leeming say earth religions still worship the Great Mother?

3. Who was the oldest divine being in the Greek pantheon?

4. What does Leeming say is consistent from one set of myths to another?

5. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?

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