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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 cosmogonies represent?
(a) Cultural truths.
(b) Historical realities.
(c) Scientific truths.
(d) Future predictions.

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

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

4. To whom does Leeming credit the adaptation of the Greek pantheon the Roman religion?
(a) The Etruscans.
(b) The Aolians.
(c) The Trojans.
(d) The Syracusans.

5. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?
(a) Discover medicines.
(b) Found a new country.
(c) Institute an age of peace.
(d) Kill his father and marry his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

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

3. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?

4. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?

5. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?

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