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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. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?
(a) The hero is challenged by an opponent.
(b) The hero discovers a special power.
(c) The hero is called into action.
(d) The hero leaves home.

2. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?
(a) Through initiating their children.
(b) Through song.
(c) Through art.
(d) Through spreading their culture.

3. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?
(a) Scientific truths.
(b) Cultural truths.
(c) Historical realities.
(d) Future predictions.

4. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?
(a) The fulfillment of human nature in death.
(b) The quest for eternal youth.
(c) The quest for redemption.
(d) The perfection of human language in art.

5. When does Leeming say heroes tend to be born?
(a) In spring.
(b) When the world is dying.
(c) When they are most needed.
(d) Half a generation after tyrants or pests.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?

2. When was the story of Gilgamesh likely composed?

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

4. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?

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

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