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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Anubis and Isis.
(b) Isis and Osiris.
(c) Isis and Geb.
(d) Isis and Amun.

2. Why does Leeming say cultures give human form to Supreme Beings?
(a) Because they do not understand anything beyond human limitations.
(b) Because they cannot express the sublimity of existence without giving it a human face.
(c) Because humans tend to see their virtues as outlasting them.
(d) Because a Supreme Being protects them from the night.

3. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?
(a) Myths describe the innate unity of each individual with the Supreme Being.
(b) Myths describe the irreconcilable split that divides humans from the Supreme Being.
(c) Myths describe the state of formless perfection alongside the Supreme Being.
(d) Myths describe the rules that govern redemption and grace for humans.

4. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?
(a) Zeus bans fertility.
(b) Demeter mourns for her daughter.
(c) Hera goes away on a trip.
(d) Hades conquers earth.

5. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?
(a) In industrial religion.
(b) In modern art.
(c) In primitive culture.
(d) In folklore.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Leeming say the older Genesis text was likely composed?

2. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?

3. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?

4. What is an ontological reason for myth?

5. During whose reign was the first creation myth recorded, according to Leeming?

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