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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 psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of industry from crafts.
(b) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(c) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(d) The rise of technology.

2. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?
(a) Creation
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) Revelation.
(d) The Great Flood.

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

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

5. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?
(a) The evolution of morals and laws.
(b) The transition from struggle and creation to fall from grace.
(c) The development of technology.
(d) The transformation from instinctual to moral consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. During whose reign was the first creation myth recorded, according to Leeming?

2. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?

3. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?

4. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?

5. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

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