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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 did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Greece.
(c) India.
(d) Germany.

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

3. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?
(a) He vomits it.
(b) He excretes it.
(c) He finds it.
(d) He fashions it from stone.

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

5. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of birth from nothing.
(b) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.
(c) The question of why men are stronger than women are.
(d) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?

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

4. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?

5. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

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