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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 was the primary difference between the Greek pantheon and the Roman pantheon?
(a) The Romans placed more value on the gods as personifications of abstractions.
(b) The Romans became more philosophical and contemplative about myths.
(c) The Romans used the Greek pantheon to justify their wars.
(d) The Romans placed more value on the practical results of myths.

2. Where does Leeming say Jerusalem represents?
(a) The origin of the world.
(b) The navel of the universe.
(c) The City on the Hill.
(d) The Kingdom of God.

3. How did King Arthur assume the throne?
(a) He pulled the sword from the stone.
(b) He killed the usurper who had taken his father's life.
(c) He worked as a woman for 12 years.
(d) He killed his father and married his mother.

4. What does Leeming say the hero does with the things the hero attains in heroic feats?
(a) Renew culture from death.
(b) Redeem sinners.
(c) Found new nations.
(d) Share them with the people.

5. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?
(a) Death by water.
(b) Creation from nothing.
(c) Redemption by penance.
(d) The search for the father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say a monomyth consists of?

2. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

3. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?

4. What tale does Leeming describe as the epitome of the story of the loss of genitals?

5. Why does Leeming say cultures give human form to Supreme Beings?

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