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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 was the young girl in the Water Jar Boy myth doing when she got pregnant?
(a) Washing clothing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Picking flowers in a field.
(d) Mixing clay.

2. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?
(a) In primitive culture.
(b) In folklore.
(c) In industrial religion.
(d) In modern art.

3. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?
(a) Why humans see themselves as fundamentally flawed.
(b) Why humans have to go through rituals to regain grace.
(c) Why humans created gods to justify their discontent.
(d) Why humans fall from grace so quickly after being created by gods.

4. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Re or Atun.
(d) Osiris.

5. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(b) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(c) The rise of technology.
(d) The rise of industry from crafts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Supreme Being represents?

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

3. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?

4. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?

5. What does Leeming say dominates all myths?

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