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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?
(a) Destroying an experimental form of humankind.
(b) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(c) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

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

3. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Greek.

4. What does Leeming say the gods function as in myth?
(a) Masks and metaphors.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Self-portraits.
(d) Ciphers.

5. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Language.
(c) God.
(d) Itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?

2. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

3. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?

4. When were the Coffin Texts made?

5. How does Leeming say the Greek pantheon differs from other pantheons?

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