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

2. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?
(a) Historical realities.
(b) Scientific truths.
(c) Future predictions.
(d) Cultural truths.

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

4. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?
(a) The fall from the state of perfection or grace.
(b) The creation of humankind.
(c) Explanation of natural phenomena.
(d) How the universe was developed.

5. During whose reign was the first creation myth recorded, according to Leeming?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Hatshepsut.
(c) Herod.
(d) Nebuchadnezzar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

2. What reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?

3. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

4. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

5. What is cosmogony?

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