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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. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?
(a) As a metaphor for maturity.
(b) As a metaphor for storytelling.
(c) As a metaphor for history.
(d) As a metaphor for birth.

2. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?
(a) He vomits it.
(b) He excretes it.
(c) He finds it.
(d) He fashions it from stone.

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

4. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?
(a) Oceans where life first developed.
(b) Plains where men sow seeds that unite earth and water.
(c) Caves where men are reunited with the earth.
(d) Primeval gathering places or mounds that become fused with the sun.

5. How does Leeming define cosmology?
(a) The study of the history of the heavens.
(b) The study of the structure of the universe.
(c) The scientific study of the universal order.
(d) The study of beauty aids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

2. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

3. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?

4. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?

5. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?

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