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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. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?
(a) India.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Greece.

2. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 1800-1500 BCE.
(b) 1500-1200 BCE.
(c) 3000-2200 BCE.
(d) 2200-2000 BCE.

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

4. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?
(a) Why humans see themselves as fundamentally flawed.
(b) Why humans created gods to justify their discontent.
(c) Why humans fall from grace so quickly after being created by gods.
(d) Why humans have to go through rituals to regain grace.

5. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As communal.
(b) As warlike.
(c) As matriarchal.
(d) As patrilineal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?

2. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?

3. What does Leeming say about the birth of God?

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

5. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?

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