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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. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?
(a) Myths describe the rules that govern redemption and grace for humans.
(b) Myths describe the irreconcilable split that divides humans from the Supreme Being.
(c) Myths describe the state of formless perfection alongside the Supreme Being.
(d) Myths describe the innate unity of each individual with the Supreme Being.

2. How does Leeming describe the sanctity of the garden, grove, and cave?
(a) As divine.
(b) As feminine.
(c) As political.
(d) As ancient.

3. What does Leeming say European temples are meant to represent?
(a) The expression of a divine law or idea.
(b) The marriage between the hero and the mother-wife.
(c) The relationship between worshiper and spirit.
(d) The incarnation of the divinity.

4. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.
(b) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.
(c) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.
(d) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.

5. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?
(a) They both preached love.
(b) They were both reborn.
(c) They were both born of virgins.
(d) They were both divine humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

2. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

3. When does Leeming say heroes tend to be born?

4. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?

5. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

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