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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leeming say was the central organizing principle of the Christian Creation myth?
(a) Morality.
(b) Reason.
(c) Logos.
(d) Free will.

2. What reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?
(a) The reconciliation between male and female principles.
(b) The reconciliation between warring brothers.
(c) The reconciliation between warring fathers and sons.
(d) The reconciliation between ancient and modern ideas.

3. What does Leeming say the Hebrew creation myth was concerned with?
(a) The role of humanity in the universe.
(b) The morality of human beings.
(c) The indifference of the creator to his creation.
(d) The possibility of justice in dealings with people.

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

5. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.
(b) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(c) As a punishment for sins against the gods.
(d) As a way to help cultivate the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is eschatology?

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

3. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?

4. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?

5. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?

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