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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 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 male and female principles.
(d) The reconciliation between ancient and modern ideas.

2. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?
(a) Gaia fought to enthrone each of her husbands.
(b) Gaia devoured her offspring.
(c) Gaia killed her husbands.
(d) Gaia created her own mate.

3. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?
(a) The different justifications for divine kings' rule.
(b) The different explanations for consciousness.
(c) The competing theories for creation.
(d) The different names for the god.

4. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 1500-1200 BCE.
(b) 3000-2200 BCE.
(c) 2200-2000 BCE.
(d) 1800-1500 BCE.

5. What does Leeming say Isis is the goddess of?
(a) Crossroads.
(b) The earth and moon.
(c) Birth.
(d) The hearth.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?

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

3. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

4. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

5. When were the Coffin Texts made?

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