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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. How does Leeming describe Delphi?
(a) As a place of exile.
(b) As a sacred precinct.
(c) As a meeting place.
(d) As a city.

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

3. What time of year does the time when heroes are born correspond to?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

4. What does Leeming say most myths are like in their nature?
(a) Religious.
(b) Political.
(c) Playful.
(d) Artistic.

5. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.
(b) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.
(c) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.
(d) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?

2. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

3. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

4. How does Leeming describe the sanctity of the garden, grove, and cave?

5. What does Leeming say is consistent from one set of myths to another?

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