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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Leeming say earth religions still worship the Great Mother?
(a) In modern agriculture.
(b) In the form of nature.
(c) In the seasons.
(d) In the constellations.

3. What does Leeming say the Aboriginal myth of the Pleiades resembles?
(a) The Native American myth of the seven sisters.
(b) The Sumerian myth of the huntress.
(c) The Greek tale of the priestesses of Artemis being turned into stars.
(d) The Norse myth of the apocalypse.

4. Who was the oldest divine being in the Greek pantheon?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Gaia.
(c) Chronos.
(d) Uranus.

5. Where is the Norse pantheon first described in writing?
(a) Tacitus' Germania.
(b) The Kalevala.
(c) The Elder and Younger Eddas.
(d) The Nibelungenleid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

2. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

3. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?

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

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

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