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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. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(b) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.
(c) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

2. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?
(a) Epimetheus.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Pan.
(d) Athena.

3. How does Leeming define gods?
(a) They are projections of human dreams into enduring characters.
(b) They are metaphors for human experiences.
(c) They are manifestations of the collective unconscious.
(d) They are immortal beings who personify the transcendence of the laws of nature.

4. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As communal.
(b) As matriarchal.
(c) As warlike.
(d) As patrilineal.

5. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?
(a) Hera.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?

2. Where does Leeming say the Greek name Zeus comes from?

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

4. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?

5. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?

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