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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. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?
(a) The expansion of trade in the Mediterranean.
(b) The human struggle against evil.
(c) The invasion of Ethiopians in 2,200 BCE.
(d) Historical political and religious conflicts in 4,000 BCE.

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

3. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?
(a) Demeter mourns for her daughter.
(b) Zeus bans fertility.
(c) Hera goes away on a trip.
(d) Hades conquers earth.

4. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?
(a) As a system of checks and balances.
(b) As a nationalization of local gods.
(c) As a divine family.
(d) As a set of gods cobbled together into a narrative.

5. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Greece.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?

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

3. What does Leeming mean by the term 'monomyth'?

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

5. What other divine figure does Leeming say the main Norse god resembles?

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