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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 creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?
(a) Creation ex nihilo.
(b) The Big Bang.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Intelligent design.

2. What reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?
(a) The reconciliation between ancient and modern ideas.
(b) The reconciliation between warring brothers.
(c) The reconciliation between warring fathers and sons.
(d) The reconciliation between male and female principles.

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

4. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(b) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(c) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

5. 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 explanations for consciousness.
(d) The different justifications for divine kings' rule.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?

3. How does Leeming define cosmology?

4. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?

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

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