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

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

3. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?
(a) That culture survives the deaths of its members.
(b) That death is ubiquitous in life.
(c) That the world's spirit pervades all forms.
(d) That the Great Mother makes all life possible.

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

5. What does Leeming say the Hebrew creation myth was concerned with?
(a) The indifference of the creator to his creation.
(b) The morality of human beings.
(c) The possibility of justice in dealings with people.
(d) The role of humanity in the universe.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?

4. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

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

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