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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. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Supremacy.
(b) Worship from humans.
(c) Territory.
(d) Wealth.

2. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?
(a) Converting non-believers to the Hopi perspective.
(b) Winning glory for their god.
(c) Manifesting the divinity on earth.
(d) Growing into the light of the Sun God's power.

3. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?
(a) Dying gods let cultures experience death and resurrection.
(b) Dying gods protect humans from their feelings about death.
(c) Dying gods explain the seasons.
(d) Dying gods give men reasons to go to war.

4. What does Leeming say happened to the figure of the Great Mother over time?
(a) It acquired new faces.
(b) It lost significance.
(c) It lingered at the periphery of industrial culture.
(d) It became merely decorative.

5. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Egypt.
(c) India.
(d) Mesopotamia.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"

2. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?

3. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?

4. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

5. When were the Coffin Texts made?

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