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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. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As warlike.
(b) As matriarchal.
(c) As patrilineal.
(d) As communal.

2. What is a teleological reason for myth?
(a) To understand the origins of existence.
(b) To understand the cause and purpose of existence.
(c) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(d) To understand the nature of language.

3. Whose behavior does Leeming say explains the behavior of the Olympian gods in the Greek pantheon?
(a) The Greek ruling class'.
(b) The Etruscans'.
(c) The Egyptians'.
(d) The Persians'.

4. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?
(a) 33 BCE.
(b) 51 CE.
(c) 95 CE.
(d) 110 CE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?

2. What is an ontological reason for myth?

3. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

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

5. How does Leeming say earth religions still worship the Great Mother?

(see the answer key)

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