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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 temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Divine inspiration.
(b) Karmic revisitation of sins.
(c) Feminine nature.
(d) Prophetic arts.

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

3. Who does Leeming say parallels Lucifer in the Norse pantheon?
(a) Loki.
(b) Odin.
(c) Hel.
(d) Thor.

4. What does Leeming say the Egyptian pantheon is centered on?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Death and resurrection.
(c) The possibility of self-fulfillment.
(d) The balance between free will and fate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?

2. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

3. What does Leeming say places and objects represent in myths?

4. What does Leeming mean by the term 'monomyth'?

5. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?

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