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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 does Leeming say the hero does with the things the hero attains in heroic feats?
(a) Found new nations.
(b) Renew culture from death.
(c) Redeem sinners.
(d) Share them with the people.

2. 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.

3. Who is Frigg, in the Norse pantheon?
(a) The goddess of cultivation.
(b) The earth mother.
(c) Odin's wife.
(d) The goddess of the hunt.

4. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

5. What does Leeming say the hero attains in heroic feats?
(a) New powers and knowledge.
(b) Wealth and status.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) New crafts and techniques.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?

2. How does Leeming say Krishna is seen in Indian culture?

3. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

4. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?

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

(see the answer key)

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