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

2. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?
(a) As sacramental.
(b) As nostalgic.
(c) As ritual.
(d) As prophetic.

3. When was the story of Gilgamesh likely composed?
(a) 900 CE.
(b) 1,500 BCE.
(c) 1,000 BCE.
(d) 2000 BCE.

4. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?
(a) Tlahuizcalpantechtli.
(b) Quetzalcoatl.
(c) Ehecatl.
(d) Tezcatlipoca.

5. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?
(a) Funeral dirge.
(b) Celebration of the high Marduk.
(c) Rite of passage.
(d) Wedding ode.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

2. What does Leeming say the story of the Pleiades typically illustrates?

3. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

4. In what way does Leeming say that Jerusalem is an unusual city?

5. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?

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