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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 Hebrew creation myth was concerned with?
(a) The morality of human beings.
(b) The indifference of the creator to his creation.
(c) The possibility of justice in dealings with people.
(d) The role of humanity in the universe.

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

3. What opposition does Leeming say King Arthur faced in assuming his quest?
(a) His subjects rebel.
(b) His knights seduce his wife.
(c) Opponents believed he was not fit to reign.
(d) His knights were not worthy.

4. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?
(a) Political metaphor.
(b) Legalistic language.
(c) Prophecy of Christ.
(d) Anxiety about the Greeks' supremacy.

5. What does Leeming say Isis is the goddess of?
(a) The hearth.
(b) Birth.
(c) The earth and moon.
(d) Crossroads.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming define the hero?

2. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?

3. How does Leeming say the Greek pantheon differs from other pantheons?

4. What is eschatology?

5. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?

(see the answer key)

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