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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. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Urdu.

2. What does Leeming say the Indian creation myths were concerned with?
(a) The variety of forms the creator made.
(b) The emergence of the mind from nothingness.
(c) The ability of the human will to make moral decisions.
(d) The insufficiency of the human mind to comprehending creation.

3. What is eschatology?
(a) The study of fears.
(b) The study of Supreme Beings.
(c) The study of prophecies.
(d) The study of the end of time.

4. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?
(a) The evolution of morals and laws.
(b) The development of technology.
(c) The transformation from instinctual to moral consciousness.
(d) The transition from struggle and creation to fall from grace.

5. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?
(a) 110 CE.
(b) 51 CE.
(c) 33 BCE.
(d) 95 CE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?

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

3. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?

4. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

5. How does Leeming define cosmology?

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