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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 Horus represents, in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) The spiritual force governing the Pharaoh.
(b) The playful nature of fate.
(c) The rebirth of the earth after winter.
(d) The rage of war.

2. Who does Leeming say parallels Lucifer in the Norse pantheon?
(a) Hel.
(b) Odin.
(c) Thor.
(d) Loki.

3. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?
(a) Athena.
(b) Epimetheus.
(c) Pan.
(d) Prometheus.

4. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?
(a) Elements of society, as well as human emotions.
(b) The collective unconscious.
(c) Earth, wind, water and fire.
(d) Timeless laws of the universe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

3. What is a teleological reason for myth?

4. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

5. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?

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