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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 element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?
(a) Redemption by penance.
(b) Creation from nothing.
(c) Death by water.
(d) The search for the father.

2. How does Leeming define gods?
(a) They are metaphors for human experiences.
(b) They are projections of human dreams into enduring characters.
(c) They are manifestations of the collective unconscious.
(d) They are immortal beings who personify the transcendence of the laws of nature.

3. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?
(a) Gaia devoured her offspring.
(b) Gaia fought to enthrone each of her husbands.
(c) Gaia killed her husbands.
(d) Gaia created her own mate.

4. When were the Coffin Texts made?
(a) 2134 BCE.
(b) 2134-1200 BCE.
(c) 3000-2134 BCE.
(d) 2134-1660 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?

2. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?

3. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?

4. What forms does Leeming say the heroes' guides will take?

5. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?

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