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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. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) During wars.
(b) During coronations and funerals.
(c) During weddings and births.
(d) During rites of passage.

2. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?
(a) Manifesting the divinity on earth.
(b) Converting non-believers to the Hopi perspective.
(c) Growing into the light of the Sun God's power.
(d) Winning glory for their god.

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

4. What evidence does Leeming cite that suggests the presence of whites in Africa?
(a) Bumba has new ways of doing things.
(b) Bumba is white.
(c) Bumba speaks a foreign language.
(d) Bumba subjugates other tribes.

5. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?
(a) Oceans where life first developed.
(b) Caves where men are reunited with the earth.
(c) Primeval gathering places or mounds that become fused with the sun.
(d) Plains where men sow seeds that unite earth and water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leeming say was the central organizing principle of the Christian Creation myth?

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

4. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

5. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

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