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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 reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?
(a) The reconciliation between ancient and modern ideas.
(b) The reconciliation between warring brothers.
(c) The reconciliation between warring fathers and sons.
(d) The reconciliation between male and female principles.

2. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 1200 CE.
(b) 1400 CE.
(c) 1550 BCE.
(d) 2134 BCE.

3. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

4. Who does Leeming say parallels Lucifer in the Norse pantheon?
(a) Loki.
(b) Thor.
(c) Hel.
(d) Odin.

5. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?
(a) Re.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Akhenaton.
(d) Isis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the hero does with the things the hero attains in heroic feats?

2. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?

3. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?

4. What qualities does Leeming say Hercules shares with many heroes?

5. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

(see the answer key)

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