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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. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?
(a) 600-400 BCE.
(b) 300-100 BCE.
(c) 500-400 BCE.
(d) 900-500 BCE.

2. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.
(b) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.
(c) The question of birth from nothing.
(d) The question of why men are stronger than women are.

3. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?
(a) Creation
(b) The Great Flood.
(c) Revelation.
(d) The meaning of life.

4. What does Leeming say urged the Buddha into action?
(a) The four signs.
(b) His parents.
(c) The lotus flower.
(d) A war.

5. What is an ontological reason for myth?
(a) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(b) To understand existence.
(c) To understand the goal of existence.
(d) To beautify existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

2. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?

3. Who sent the angel who called Moses to his quest?

4. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?

5. What is a teleological reason for myth?

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