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

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

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

4. How does Leeming say the Zeus and Hera represented humanity in Greek culture?
(a) In a realistic yet skeptical portrait.
(b) In an essentializing portrait.
(c) In an idealized portrait of man and wife.
(d) In a caricature of male and female spirits.

5. How does Leeming define cosmology?
(a) The study of the history of the heavens.
(b) The study of the structure of the universe.
(c) The scientific study of the universal order.
(d) The study of beauty aids.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?

2. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?

3. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

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

5. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?

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