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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. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?
(a) Quetzalcoatl.
(b) Tlahuizcalpantechtli.
(c) Tezcatlipoca.
(d) Ehecatl.

2. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?
(a) Two dynasties of gods had to be overthrown.
(b) The flood.
(c) The Olympian gods had to create humans.
(d) Humans had to offer their worship.

3. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 1550 BCE.
(b) 2134 BCE.
(c) 1200 CE.
(d) 1400 CE.

4. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Akhenaton.
(c) Re.
(d) Isis.

5. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?
(a) The expansion of the desert.
(b) The death of each generation.
(c) The birth of new children each generation.
(d) The flooding of the Nile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

2. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

3. How does Leeming say the Zeus and Hera represented humanity in Greek culture?

4. Who was the oldest divine being in the Greek pantheon?

5. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

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