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

2. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?
(a) The unconscious before experiencing rebirth.
(b) The cleansing effect of death on culture.
(c) The clean feeling after admitting wrong.
(d) Extreme guilt washing away with forgiveness.

3. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?
(a) The different names for the god.
(b) The competing theories for creation.
(c) The different justifications for divine kings' rule.
(d) The different explanations for consciousness.

4. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Re or Atun.
(c) Enuma Elish.
(d) The Gaia hypothesis.

5. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically linear narratives.
(b) That they are typically moral.
(c) That they are typically female.
(d) That they are typically allegorical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?

2. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

3. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?

4. What evidence does Leeming cite that suggests the presence of whites in Africa?

5. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?

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