View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Re or Atun.
(c) The Gaia hypothesis.
(d) Enuma Elish.

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

3. When were the Coffin Texts made?
(a) 3000-2134 BCE.
(b) 2134-1200 BCE.
(c) 2134 BCE.
(d) 2134-1660 BCE.

4. What is cosmogony?
(a) Myth of beautification.
(b) Myth of the end of time.
(c) Myth of creation.
(d) Myth of the beginning of humanity.

5. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?
(a) All the powers he needed for his quest.
(b) A powerful family.
(c) Six fingers on each hand.
(d) A sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?

2. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

3. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

4. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

5. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample