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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because they are afraid.
(b) Because of a sense of unworthiness.
(c) Because they do not want to be heroes.
(d) Because they distrust their mission.

2. Who sent the angel who called Moses to his quest?
(a) Noah.
(b) Yahweh.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Jacob.

3. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?
(a) Tlahuizcalpantechtli.
(b) Tezcatlipoca.
(c) Quetzalcoatl.
(d) Ehecatl.

4. When does Leeming say the older Genesis text was likely composed?
(a) 800 BCE.
(b) 950 BCE.
(c) 110 CE.
(d) 500 BCE.

5. How old was Joan of Arc when she first heart supernatural voices?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Leeming say that icons within churches often reinforce?

2. What does Leeming say most myths are like in their nature?

3. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?

4. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?

5. What does Leeming say the Tree of Knowledge in the Hebraic myth foreshadows?

(see the answer key)

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