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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Bethel stone represents?
(a) The ancestors.
(b) The center of the earth.
(c) The gates of heaven.
(d) The origin of life.

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

3. What does Leeming say places and objects represent in myths?
(a) Actual places.
(b) The Great Mother.
(c) Ancestral origins.
(d) Metaphors.

4. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?
(a) Caves where men are reunited with the earth.
(b) Primeval gathering places or mounds that become fused with the sun.
(c) Oceans where life first developed.
(d) Plains where men sow seeds that unite earth and water.

5. When was the story of Gilgamesh likely composed?
(a) 900 CE.
(b) 1,000 BCE.
(c) 2000 BCE.
(d) 1,500 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the labyrinth represents?

2. What does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave can be ideal places for?

3. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?

4. What does Leeming say the chasm at Delphi gives access to?

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

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