2. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?
(a) The deathlessness of the imagination.
(b) The nature of metaphor.
(c) The impossibility of transcendence.
(d) The presence of something beyond the mortal world.

3. In Leeming's account, why are temples and cities founded on mountains?
(a) Because they are closest to the Supreme Being there.
(b) Because they can be defended better there.
(c) Because can see the weather and visitors coming.
(d) Because they gain status when devotees have to bring water and food.

4. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?
(a) The search for the father.
(b) Creation from nothing.
(c) Death by water.
(d) Redemption by penance.

5. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?
(a) A powerful family.
(b) A sword.
(c) Six fingers on each hand.
(d) All the powers he needed for his quest.

6. What does Leeming say the story of the Pleiades typically illustrates?
(a) The interrelationships of sisters.
(b) The light that comes out of darkness.
(c) The persecution of a group of women.
(d) The female principle that only shows itself out of the corner of your eye.

7. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?
(a) The quest for eternal youth.
(b) The perfection of human language in art.
(c) The quest for redemption.
(d) The fulfillment of human nature in death.

8. What does Leeming say the hero attains in heroic feats?
(a) New powers and knowledge.
(b) Wealth and status.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) New crafts and techniques.

9. What does Leeming say the chasm at Delphi gives access to?
(a) Pan's secrets.
(b) Mother Earth's womb.
(c) Loki's powers.
(d) The fates' prophecies.

10. What does Leeming say places and objects represent in myths?
(a) Actual places.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) The Great Mother.
(d) Ancestral origins.

11. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Feminine nature.
(b) Karmic revisitation of sins.
(c) Prophetic arts.
(d) Divine inspiration.

12. What does Leeming say the sword represents in the King Arthur and Theseus myths?
(a) Political power.
(b) A hand.
(c) Insight.
(d) A phallus.

13. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?
(a) He was conceived by the sky god.
(b) He was conceived first as a snake.
(c) He created himself through his mother's dreams.
(d) He was a normal human baby.

14. How does Leeming describe the significance of the city?
(a) It depends on agriculture, but does not grow anything.
(b) It is humanity's stand against chaos.
(c) It is an expression of the divine plan.
(d) It is a microcosm for the social universe.

15. When was the story of Gilgamesh likely composed?
(a) 900 CE.
(b) 1,500 BCE.
(c) 1,000 BCE.
(d) 2000 BCE.